Brief Interventions for Anxiety Disorders: Clinical Outcome Studies

While the number of well-designed controlled clinical outcome studies is not large, brief psychotherapeutic interventions appear to play a useful role in the treatment of anxiety spectrum disorders. Such interventions not only appear to be effective in their own right, but also add a significant com...

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Published in:Brief treatment and crisis intervention 2002-12, Vol.2 (4), p.325-340
Main Author: Bloom, Bernard L.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Clinical outcomes
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Summary:While the number of well-designed controlled clinical outcome studies is not large, brief psychotherapeutic interventions appear to play a useful role in the treatment of anxiety spectrum disorders. Such interventions not only appear to be effective in their own right, but also add a significant component to the benefits of medication. This article summarizes and describes the time-limited interventions and outcomes of more than 50 studies, including a number that measured the effectiveness of crisis intervention and brief therapy approaches with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) precipitated by gunshot injuries, sexual assaults, terrorist attacks, vehicular accidents, and violent crimes. [Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 2:325-339 (2002)]
ISSN:1474-3310
1474-3329
DOI:10.1093/brief-treatment/2.4.325