A randomized controlled trial of telephone-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for late-life anxiety disorders

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 707-716

  Brenes, Gretchen A ^a   Miller, Michael E ^b   Williamson, Jeff D ^a   McCall, W Vaughn ^a   Knudson, Mark ^a   Stanley, Melinda A ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; cognitive behavioral therapy; elderly; generalized anxiety disorder; panic disorder; telephone delivered psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANIC; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TELEPHONE; TELEPSYCHIATRY;

EID: 84864241378     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31822ccd3e     Document Type: Article

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