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Strategies for managing patients with chronic subjective dizziness

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Vestibular and balance rehabilitation therapy (VBRT) is an exercise program performed at home by patients but overseen by specially trained physical therapists. It is an excellent habituation/desensitization program that can be integrated with medication and psychotherapy. All patients with CSD should undergo VBRT.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy may be helpful for treating psychiatric morbidity (anxiety, depression, phobic avoidance) in patients with CSD, but it appears to be less effective for physical symptoms of dizziness.3

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