Open AccessСognitive-behavioral therapy in generalized anxiety disorder
Author(s) -
Hanna Burda
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
psihosomatična medicina ta zagalʹna praktika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2519-8572
DOI - 10.26766/pmgp.v2i1.17
Subject(s) - generalized anxiety disorder , cognitive behavioral therapy , anxiety , cognition , cognitive therapy , clinical psychology , psychology , psychotherapist , medicine , psychiatry
Generalized anxiety disorder - is a common disease, which is quite difficult diagnosed and treated. Cognitive-behavioral therapy is indicated to patients with GAD as a first-line method. This article provides an overview of the principles, advantages and evidence of the effectiveness of this type of therapy. Although cognitive behavioral therapy has advantage over other types of therapy for GAD, this issue requires further research, because there are problems such as a high percentage of patients interrupting therapy and relatively low percentage of clinically meaningful improvement.