Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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This study further evaluates the efficacy of the Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP). A diagnostically heterogeneous clinical sample of 37 patients with a principal anxiety disorder diagnosis was enrolled in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving up to 18 sessions of treatment and a 6-month follow-up period. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either immediate treatment with the UP (n=26) or delayed treatment, following a 16-week wait-list control period (WLC; n=11). The UP resulted in significant improvement on measures of clinical severity, general symptoms of depression and anxiety, levels of negative and positive affect, and a measure of symptom interference in daily functioning across diagnoses. In comparison, participants in the WLC condition exhibited little to no change following the 16-week wait-list period. The effects of UP treatment were maintained over the 6-month follow-up period. Results from this RCT provide additional evidence for the efficacy of the UP in the treatment of anxiety and comorbid depressive disorders, and provide additional support for a transdiagnostic approach to the treatment of emotional disorders.
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In that randomized controlled trial, there was a slight increase in residual symptoms at 6-month follow-up.
“Improvements in clinical severity and general symptoms of anxiety and depression were maintained at 3-month follow-up, with a slight increase in residual symptoms at 6-month follow-up [95].”
From Psychotherapeutic treatments for generalized anxiety disorder: cognitive and behavioral therapies, enhancement strategies, and emerging efforts (2022) · cites this paper as [95]
The Discussion (page unavailable) says patients continued to improve six months after treatment, rather than reporting an increase in residual symptoms. The Results section on clinical significance among treatment initiators likewise reports higher rates of subclinical status and treatment response at follow-up than at posttreatment. (LLM, conf=0.78)
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredFifteen percent of audiotapes will be randomly selected for review by an independent evaluator using fidelity scales adapted from a prior large-scale randomized controlled trial.
“Fifteen percent of audiotapes will be randomly selected for review by an independent evaluator using fidelity scales adapted from a prior large-scale randomized controlled trial [32].”
From Unified protocol for the discontinuation of long-term serotonin reuptake inhibitors in obsessive compulsive disorder: Study protocol and methods (2018) · cites this paper as [32]
The Method section (‘Therapists and Treatment Integrity’; page unavailable) says treatment adherence was monitored in weekly supervision but was not systematically assessed. The Discussion (page unavailable) explicitly says treatment fidelity was not evaluated in this trial, contrary to presenting it as the source of fidelity scales for independent audiotape review. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredNo posttreatment symptom differences were found between the immediate-treatment and delayed-treatment groups.
“Furthermore, no posttreatment symptom differences were observed between the immediate and delayed treatment groups (see Farchione et al., 2012).”
From Intolerance of Uncertainty: A Common Factor in the Treatment of Emotional Disorders (2013) · cites this paper as Farchione et al., 2012
The Results section (‘Efficacy at Posttreatment’; page unavailable) reports significant differences between the immediate-treatment group and the wait-list/delayed-treatment group in depression and anxiety symptoms, rather than no differences. The Study Design section clarifies that the delayed group received treatment only after its wait-list assessment. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredIn that randomized controlled trial, improvements in clinical severity and general anxiety and depression symptoms were maintained at 3-month follow-up.
“Improvements in clinical severity and general symptoms of anxiety and depression were maintained at 3-month follow-up, with a slight increase in residual symptoms at 6-month follow-up [95].”
From Psychotherapeutic treatments for generalized anxiety disorder: cognitive and behavioral therapies, enhancement strategies, and emerging efforts (2022) · cites this paper as [95]
The Results (Efficacy at Posttreatment) report improvements in clinical severity and general anxiety and depression symptoms, and the paper reports that treatment effects were maintained at follow-up. But the Method (Study Design) specifies a 6-month follow-up assessment, not a 3-month one; the claimed follow-up time is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.87)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredBaseline evaluation found no significant differences in type or severity of psychopathology between eligible participants and those excluded from the trial.
“No statistical differences in initial severity or demographic variables were observed between treatment completers and noncompleters, and baseline evaluation indicated that no significant differences in the type or severity of psy-chopathology existed between eligible participants and those excluded from the trial (e.g., refused potential randomization to waitlist/delayed treatment condition; see”
From Intolerance of Uncertainty: A Common Factor in the Treatment of Emotional Disorders (2013) · cites this paper as Farchione et al., 2012
The Method > Participants passage says that, based on the initial diagnostic evaluation, excluded individuals did not appear to have more severe psychopathology than enrolled and randomized patients. It does not report a statistical comparison or establish that the groups did not differ in type of psychopathology. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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Results of studies support the efficacy of UP in the treatment of emotional disorders in Iran and other countries.
“The results of studies support the efficacy of UP in the treatment of emotional disorders in Iran and other countries [2, 10, 14, 15, 23, 32].”
From Internet-based UP-A intervention on treatment of stress, anxiety, depression, and psychological flexibility among adolescents with sub-clinical diagnosis of emotional disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic: a clinical trial (2024) · cites this paper as [15]
The Discussion reports that UP improved anxiety-disorder symptoms relative to a wait-list control, supporting the efficacy claim. The Method (Participants) describes recruitment through the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, identified in the paper as being at Boston University; our copy provides no evidence about UP's efficacy in Iran. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredSome studies have tested the efficacy of transdiagnostic interventions in improving positive affect measures, but these studies do not include a specific component to address positive affect regulation.
“Some studies have tested the efficacy of transdiagnostic interventions in improving PA measures. However, these studies do not include a specific component to address PA regulation [13]”
From Negative and positive affect regulation in a transdiagnostic internet-based protocol for emotional disorders: Randomized controlled trial (2021) · cites this paper as [13]
The Results (Efficacy at Posttreatment) report increased positive affectivity on the PANAS-PA, supporting the claim that a transdiagnostic intervention was tested on a positive-affect measure. But the paper says the version tested placed greater emphasis on positive emotion as a trigger for avoidance and a target for exposure, so it does not support the categorical claim that the intervention lacked a component addressing positive-affect regulation. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThese results are comparable with those reported in other transdiagnostic trials in which effect sizes are larger for depression than for anxiety and higher for PANAS-P than for PANAS-N.
“These results are comparable with those reported in other transdiagnostic trials in which effect sizes are larger for depression than for anxiety and higher for PANAS-P than for PANAS-N [13].”
From Negative and positive affect regulation in a transdiagnostic internet-based protocol for emotional disorders: Randomized controlled trial (2021) · cites this paper as [13]
In Results, “Efficacy at Posttreatment,” the positive-affect effect size is larger in magnitude than the negative-affect effect size. Depression exceeds anxiety on the self-report measures (BDI-II versus BAI), but not on the clinician-rated measures (SIGH-D versus SIGH-A), so the unqualified depression-versus-anxiety comparison overstates the findings. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe UP has shown efficacy in treating anxiety, unipolar and bipolar depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, nonsuicidal self-injury, alcohol abuse, and eating disorders.
“The UP has shown efficacy in treating anxiety,31,32 unipolar and bipolar depression,31,33 post-traumatic stress disorder,34 borderline personality disorder,35 nonsuicidal self-injury,36 alcohol abuse,37 and eating disorders.38”
From Improved quality of life and reduced depressive symptoms in medical students after a single-session intervention (2020) · cites this paper as [31]
The Discussion reports efficacy for several anxiety disorders, and the Results report improvement among patients with comorbid mood disorders, while cautiously suggesting the UP may be effective for depression. The Method (Participants) states that current bipolar disorder was an exclusion criterion, so this trial does not support efficacy for bipolar depression. Citation 31 is attached to the anxiety and depression portions of the sentence, not the later conditions. (LLM, conf=0.90)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredA few participants in mechanistically transdiagnostic studies had primary or comorbid PTSD, but no study has focused on applying this approach to patients with primary PTSD.
“Whereas a handful of participants in mechanistically transdiagnostic studies [13, 14] have presented with primary or comorbid PTSD; no study to date has focused on applying this approach to patients who present with primary PTSD.”
From Emergence of Transdiagnostic Treatments for PTSD and Posttraumatic Distress (2016) · cites this paper as [14]
In a randomized controlled trial with primary diagnoses of generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, panic disorder, or obsessive-compulsive disorder, the unified protocol led to greater reductions in primary and comorbid disorder symptom severity than waitlist at posttreatment.
“In an RCT of the UP in a sample with primary diagnoses of GAD, social phobia, panic disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder, there were greater reductions in primary and comorbid disorder symptom severity relative to waitlist at posttreatment [95].”
From Psychotherapeutic treatments for generalized anxiety disorder: cognitive and behavioral therapies, enhancement strategies, and emerging efforts (2022) · cites this paper as [95]
The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders is an empirically supported cognitive-behavioral treatment.
“The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (UP) [22] is an empirically supported, cognitive-behavioral treatment that has been described extensive elsewhere [32–34].”
From Unified protocol for the discontinuation of long-term serotonin reuptake inhibitors in obsessive compulsive disorder: Study protocol and methods (2018) · cites this paper as [32]
Transdiagnostic treatments for anxiety and other emotional disorders have gained increased attention and empirical study in recent years.
“Transdiagnostic treatments for anxiety and other emotional disorders have gained increased attention and empirical study in recent years (Farchione et al. 2012; Norton and Barrera 2013; Wilamowska et al. 2010).”
From CALM Pregnancy: results of a pilot study of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for perinatal anxiety (2014) · cites this paper as Farchione et al. 2012
The Unified Protocol is effective in reducing negative affect.
“The UP has been tested and results indicate that it is effective in reducing negative affect (NA) [13]”
From Negative and positive affect regulation in a transdiagnostic internet-based protocol for emotional disorders: Randomized controlled trial (2021) · cites this paper as [13]
The Unified Protocol is more effective than a waitlist control in reducing anxiety and depression.
“is more effective than a wait list control (WLC) in reducing anxiety (controlled between-group ESs: 0.56 on the BAI, and 1.39 on the clinician severity ratings of (co) principal diagnosis), and depression (controlled betweengroup ESs: 1.11 on the BDI-II) (Farchione et al., 2012).”
From Systematic review and meta-analysis of transdiagnostic psychological treatments for anxiety and depressive disorders in adulthood (2015) · cites this paper as Farchione et al., 2012
No statistical differences in initial severity or demographic variables were found between treatment completers and noncompleters.
“No statistical differences in initial severity or demographic variables were observed between treatment completers and noncompleters, and baseline evaluation indicated that no significant differences in the type or severity of psy-chopathology existed between eligible participants and those excluded from the trial (e.g., refused potential randomization to waitlist/delayed treatment condition; see”
From Intolerance of Uncertainty: A Common Factor in the Treatment of Emotional Disorders (2013) · cites this paper as Farchione et al., 2012
The Method (Participants; page unavailable) reports how many patients did not complete treatment, but does not compare their initial severity or demographics with those of completers. I searched for completer–noncompleter baseline and dropout comparisons; the reported demographic comparison is between treatment arms, not between completers and noncompleters. (LLM, conf=0.74)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredIn a sample of people attending outpatient clinics with a range of clinical diagnoses, all symptoms included in the DSM had a positive predictive value above 75% in differentiating patients with a diagnosis of depression vs. non-depression, with the first two symptoms on the list having the highest values.
“In a sample of people attending outpatient clinics with a range of clinical diagnoses, all symptoms included in the DSM had a positive predictive value above 75%, in differentiating patients with a diagnosis of depression vs. non-depression, with the first two symptoms on the list having the highest values. 49”
From Time for united action on depression: a Lancet–World Psychiatric Association Commission (2022) · cites this paper as [49]
The list of symptoms and signs in Table 1 is based on the best available evidence.
“The list of symptoms and signs in Table 1 - almost identical to that proposed by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) since its 3rd edition (DSM-III) 50 -is based on the best available evidence.”
From Time for united action on depression: a Lancet–World Psychiatric Association Commission (2022) · cites this paper as [49]
Transcripts of sessions from randomized controlled trials are rarely available.
“transcripts of sessions from randomized controlled trials are rarely available [13, 25, 26].”
From When ELIZA meets therapists: a Turing test for the heart and mind (2025) · cites this paper as [25]
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- Authors
- Farchione, T. J., Fairholme, C. P., Ellard, K. K., Boisseau, C. L., Thompson-Hollands, J., Carl, J. R., Gallagher, M. W., & Barlow, D. H.
- Affiliations
- Boston University (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Farchione, Todd J.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Behavior Therapy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-09
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 666-678
- ISSN
- 0005-7894 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3383087
- OpenAlex
- W2059796833
- Cited by
- 746
- References
- 87
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 41 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 55 · 2021: 77 · 2020: 61 · 2019: 56 · 2018: 67 · 2017: 74 · 2016: 64 · 2015: 50 · 2014: 53 · 2013: 38 · 2012: 14
- FWCI
- 66.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Behavior Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA013727)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R34MH070693, R01MH090053)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders, transdiagnostic treatment, anxiety disorders, depression, comorbid depression, treatment efficacy, waitlist control, symptom maintenance
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Waiting Lists, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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