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Cognitive Therapy for Anxiety

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

David M. Clark
David M. Clark
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
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Cognitive therapy for depression is well-established. However, it is only recently that Beck and his colleagues have turned their attention to the development of a cognitive therapy for anxiety. The present article provides a brief overview of cognitive therapy for anxiety and also presents outcome data on six anxious patients who were treated with cognitive therapy. Considerable reductions in anxiety and depression occurred during the course of treatment. In addition, much of the observed improvement occurred after as little as eight sessions. These results suggest that cognitive therapy is a promising approach to the treatment of anxiety disorders. However, final evaluation of its effectiveness must await the publication of large scale, controlled trials.

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Special Issue: The Cognitive Revolution
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , October 1986, pp. 283 - 294
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1986

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