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Treatment histories of patients with three anxiety disorders
Author(s) -
Rowa Karen,
Antony Martin M.,
Brar Sonia,
Summerfeldt Laura J.,
Swinson Richard P.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6394(2000)12:2<92::aid-da5>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine
The current study sought to examine the extent to which empirically supported psychological and pharmacological treatments were used by individuals with panic disorder (n = 41), social phobia (n = 34), or obsessive compulsive disorder (n = 21). Participants were recruited from an anxiety disorders clinic and completed a questionnaire about previous treatment and contact with a variety of professionals. Results indicated that the types of pharmacological treatment received by patients were more often consistent with findings from the empirical literature than were the psychological treatments received by patients. Cognitive and behavioral treatments had been tried by fewer than half of participants (between 19 and 44% of participants). Results were fairly consistent across the anxiety disorders. Possible explanations for the discrepancy between the types of psychological treatments that have received empirical support and those that are typically provided to patients are provided. Depression and Anxiety 12:92–98, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.