Anxiety disorders are complex, with different types of anxiety existing together. Their frequent occurrence in tandem with opioid addiction speaks to Dr. Nicholas Atanasoff’s attention to cognitive behavior therapy as part of buprenorphine medication therapy as vital. To treat opioid addiction or to prevent it from occurring, the care of a physician and a therapist is strongly recommended. Quality addiction treatment by an addictionologist includes education as well as treatment. The addictionologist also works to support research and prevention and to define and protect the appropriate role of the physician in caring for patients with addiction.
In his role as a physician and therapist to opiate-addicted patients, Dr. Nicholas Atanasoff specializes in the effective use of cognitive behavior therapy in conjunction with medication. Cognitive behavioral therapy has been defined as a psychosocial intervention. Psychosocial approaches attempt to analyze individuals by studying what influences on their psychological makeup and their social environment have had on their physical, mental and physical wellness. Cause to effect and effect to cause are an integral part in the study of the origins of mental disorders and their alleviation through behavioral interventions. Cognitive behavior therapy attempts to change nonhelpful thoughts, beliefs and attitudes and behaviors and to regulate emotions. Cognitive behavior therapy focuses on specific problems in the patient’s mental makeup and charges the therapist to assist patients in using strategies which address their symptoms.
Cognitive behavior therapy, which is used in conjunction with the buprenorphine medication intervention for opioid-addicted patients at Addiction Outreach Clinic of Dr. Nicholas Atanasoff, has been shown to be effective in treatment plans for anxiety disorders.
