Randomised controlled trial of group cognitive behavioural therapy for comorbid anxiety and depression in older adults

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 779-786

  Wuthrich, Viviana M ^a   Rapee, Ronald M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Depression; Older age; Transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT WORRY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WELLBEING;

ANXIETY; COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY; DEPRESSION; OLDER AGE; TRANSDIAGNOSTIC;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84886392598     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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