# Anxiety is one of the world’s most common health issues. How have treatments evolved over the last 70 years?

- URL: https://theranews.net/blog/2025-12-25-anxiety-is-one-of-the-worlds-most-common-health-issues-how-have-treatments-evolv-ee2359/
- Published: 2025-12-25
- Type: Archive summary (AI-assisted summary of third-party reporting)
- Original outlet: Our World in Data
- Original report: https://ourworldindata.org/timeline-anxiety-medications
- Topics: anxiety
- Publisher: TheraNews, operated by AdvancedCare USA Inc.
- Notice: Educational content, not medical, legal, billing or financial advice. Cite the original outlet, not this summary.

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*Originally reported by Our World in Data. [Read more](https://ourworldindata.org/timeline-anxiety-medications)*

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*Source: [https://ourworldindata.org/timeline-anxiety-medications](https://ourworldindata.org/timeline-anxiety-medications)*