Fodstad Jill C, Jones Lauren B, Iticovici Micah, Russell Rachel M, Bullington Molly, Meudt Emily
Indiana University School of Medicine, USA.
Indiana University Health Physicians, USA.
J Mood Anxiety Disord. 2024 Feb 16;6:100056. doi: 10.1016/j.xjmad.2024.100056. eCollection 2024 Jun.
Adolescents and adults with Down syndrome are noted to display symptoms consistent with various anxiety disorders. While evidenced-based practices, including psychotherapies and psychopharmacology, exist and effectively treat anxiety in neurotypical populations, less is known about anxiety treatments for persons with Down syndrome. A scoping rapid review was conducted in April 2023 to determine what treatments are being used to target anxiety in adolescents and adults with Down syndrome, the quality of those treatments, and their alignment with current evidence-based practices. A total of eleven articles, primarily single case or case series, published between 1981 and 2022 were identified targeting adolescents and adults with Down syndrome diagnosed with specific phobias, selective mutism, generalized anxiety disorder, agoraphobia with panic, and non-specific anxiety symptoms. Interventions used most often aligned with evidence-based anxiety treatment guidelines and included psychotherapy, complementary and alternative medicine, and psychopharmacology. While most studies reported positive treatment responses showing reductions in anxiety symptoms post-treatment, the quality and generalizability of the studies was primarily poor. More rigorous research evaluating the effects of treatment for anxiety symptoms in the DS population are needed to develop guidelines to address anxiety disorders in this vulnerable population.
患有唐氏综合征的青少年和成年人表现出与各种焦虑症相符的症状。虽然存在包括心理治疗和精神药理学在内的循证实践,且这些方法能有效治疗神经典型人群的焦虑症,但对于唐氏综合征患者的焦虑症治疗方法,我们所知甚少。2023年4月进行了一项范围界定快速综述,以确定正在使用哪些治疗方法来针对患有唐氏综合征的青少年和成年人的焦虑症,这些治疗方法的质量,以及它们与当前循证实践的一致性。共确定了11篇主要为单病例或病例系列的文章,这些文章发表于1981年至2022年之间,针对被诊断患有特定恐惧症、选择性缄默症、广泛性焦虑症、伴有惊恐发作的广场恐惧症以及非特异性焦虑症状的患有唐氏综合征的青少年和成年人。最常使用的干预措施符合循证焦虑症治疗指南,包括心理治疗、补充和替代医学以及精神药理学。虽然大多数研究报告了积极的治疗反应,表明治疗后焦虑症状有所减轻,但这些研究的质量和可推广性总体较差。需要更严格的研究来评估唐氏综合征人群焦虑症状治疗的效果,以制定针对这一弱势群体焦虑症的治疗指南。
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