- 作者：Yehuda Nofech-Mozes ; Susan I. Blaser ; Jeff Kobayashi ; Eyal Grunebaum ; Chaim M. Roifman
- 关键词：Anxiety disorders ; Psycho-education ; Stepped care ; Cognitive behaviour therapy
- 刊名：Pediatric Neurology
- 出版年：2007
- 期刊代码：218_08878994
- 类别：med
- 出版时间：September 2007
- 卷：37
- 期：3
- 页码：218-221
- 文件大小：280 K
Methods
All patients referred, found suitable for CBT, and who had an anxiety disorder, were invited to enrol in a psycho-education course, delivered in an outpatient mental health clinic by two mental health nurses with post-registration training in CBT. There were up to 24 patients in each course. Outcome measures used were CORE-OM and Fear Questionnaire administered pre-course and at 12-week follow-up and Client Satisfaction Questionnaire administered post-course.
Results
One-hundred and ninety one patients were referred. Of these 120 remained in contact with the service to the follow-up meeting. Ninety-seven patients were discharged at the follow-up point and 92 requested further individual psychotherapy. A number of patients made a clinical and reliable change as measured by CORE-OM and Fear Questionnaire. One-hundred and two patients completed the CSQ-8 reporting high satisfaction with the intervention.
Conclusions
The intervention appears to be helpful for a number of patients and largely acceptable for most patients that attend.
Practice implications
Large group psycho-educational interventions for anxiety disorders could be increasingly used as a method of delivering low intensity treatments within a stepped care model of the treatment of anxiety disorders. The intervention is relatively simple to deliver and potentially could be delivered by primary care clinicians.