How could this medication can be abused-produce side efforts

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Per below case study and referenced help writing discusion report.

Sylvia is a 43-year-old woman who has come to the emergency room because of a possible heart attack. She explains to the attending physician that she was sitting at her desk at work and suddenly felt her "heart pounding." She reports feeling light headed, having numbness in her hands and face while having difficulty breathing. She even reports feeling as if she were leaving her body, "I thought I was dying!" After the doctor rules out heart attack, she explains to her doctor that she has always been a worrier. She reports feeling tired most days, can't sleep because of worrying and having difficulty concentrating at work. She reports feeling tired in the day time and being anxious at night.

Provide a diagnosis with justification based on Sylvia's complaints and report.
What would be an appropriate course of treatment for Sylvia and how could this medication can be abused or produce side effects?
How could an integrated multidisciplinary team could be used in this case?

References:

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Anxiety disorders. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Puetz, T. W., Youngstedt, S. D., & Herring, M. P. (2015). Effects of Pharmacotherapy on Combat-Related PTSD, Anxiety, and Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis. Plos One, 10(5), e0126529.

Stefan G. Hofmann, Jade Q. Wu, Hannah Boettcher, & Jamie Sturm. (2014). Effect of pharmacotherapy for anxiety disorders on quality of life: a meta-analysis. Quality of Life Research, (4), 1141.

Bond, G. R., & Drake, R. E. (2015). The critical ingredients of assertive community treatment. World Psychiatry, 14(2), 240-242.

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