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Transdiagnostic group CBT for anxiety disorders: the unified protocol in mental health services

Reinholt, Nina, Aharoni, Ruth, Winding, Clas, Rosenberg, Nicole, Rosenbaum, Bent, Arnfred, Sidse·2017·Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Abstract

Comorbidity among the anxiety disorders is common and may negatively impact treatment outcome. Potentially, transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral treatments (CBT) deal more effectively with comorbidity than standard CBT. The present study tested the effectiveness of The Unified Protocol (UP) applied to Mental Health Services. Pre-post-treatment effects were examined for psychiatric outpatients with anxiety disorders receiving UP treatment in groups. Forty-seven patients (mean-age = 34.1 (SD = 9.92), 77% females) with a principal diagnosis of anxiety were included. We found significant and clinically meaningful changes in the primary outcomes Clinical Global Impression Severity Scale (CGI-S; d = 1.36), Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HARS; d = .71), and WHO-5 Well-being Index (WHO-5; d = .54). Also, comorbid depressive symptoms and levels of positive and negative affect changed significantly after treatment. Patients with high levels of comorbidity profited as much as patients with less comorbidity; however, these patients had higher scores after treatment due to higher symptom burden at onset. Patients with comorbid depression profited more from treatment than patients without comorbid depression. The treatment effects found in the present study correspond to treatment effects of other TCBT studies, other UP group studies, and effectiveness studies on standard CBT for outpatients. The results indicate that the UP can be successfully applied to a MHS group setting, demonstrating positive effects on anxiety and depressive symptoms for even highly comorbid cases.

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Authors
Reinholt, N., Aharoni, R., Winding, C., Rosenberg, N., Rosenbaum, B., & Arnfred, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Copenhagen (DK)
  • Mental Health Services (DK)
Corresponding author
Reinholt, Nina
Venue
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
Published
2016-10-05
Volume
46
Issue
1
Pages
29-43
ISSN
  • 1650-6073 (ISSN-L)
  • 1651-2316
OpenAlex
W2528643610
Cited by
59
References
43
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 1
FWCI
4.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
Funders
TrygFonden (108184, ID108184)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Keywords
transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy, anxiety disorders, comorbidities, comorbid depression, group therapy, psychiatric outpatients, mental health services, treatment effectiveness, affective symptoms
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Anxiety Disorders, Denmark, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Psychotherapy, Group, Comorbidity, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Single-Blind Method, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult

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