Predicting response to anxiety management in patients with generalised anxiety disorders

This paper describes the analysis of predictive factors in a group of generally anxious patients treated with anxiety management. Evidence for three reliable predictors is presented. It is argued these reflect anxiety, demoralisation and depression. The same three variables contributed to prediction...

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Published inBehaviour research and therapy Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 531 - 534
Main Authors Butler, Gillian, Anastasiades, Pavlos
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1988
Elsevier Science
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Anxiety Disorders - therapy
Behavior Therapy - methods
Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Depressive Disorder - therapy
Humans
Medical sciences
Prognosis
Psychological Tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Treatments
Therapeutic efficiency
Human
Affective disorder
Depression
Anxiety
Behavior therapy
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Summary:This paper describes the analysis of predictive factors in a group of generally anxious patients treated with anxiety management. Evidence for three reliable predictors is presented. It is argued these reflect anxiety, demoralisation and depression. The same three variables contributed to prediction of outcome after treatment and 6 months later, and their pre-treatment values classified 80% of the patients correctly into good or poor responders. Lower initial levels of anxiety and demoralisation together with higher depression rated by the assessor predicted a better outcome. Predictions were more accurate for patients with a mild degree of depression than for those who were not depressed.
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ISSN:0005-7967
1873-622X
DOI:10.1016/0005-7967(88)90150-7