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Article: CBT effective in pilot study of GAD patients.(Geriatric Psychiatry)(generalized anxiety disorder)
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
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- May 1, 2005
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SAN DIEGO -- Data increasingly support the use of individualized cognitive-behavioral therapy in primary care as a treatment for late-life generalized anxiety disorder, Melinda A. Stanley, Ph.D., said at the annual meeting of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry.
"A CBT approach is time-limited, directive, and collaborative, which makes it more palatable," said Dr. Stanley, a psychologist of the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. "We also have a fair amount of efficacy data now for younger adult populations with GAD that cognitive-behavior therapy can be effective."
In a pilot study that ...