Telephone-delivered psychotherapy for rural-dwelling older adults with generalized anxiety disorder: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Brenes, Gretchen A ^a   Danhauer, Suzanne C ^a   Lyles, Mary F ^a   Miller, Michael E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized anxiety disorder; Older adults; Randomized controlled trial; Rural mental health; Telephone delivered psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONDIRECTIVE THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84893654125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-34     Document Type: Article

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