Cognitive-behavioural therapy for anxiety in dementia: Pilot randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 509-516

  Spector, Aimee ^a   Charlesworth, Georgina ^a   King, Michael ^a   Lattimer, Miles ^b   Sadek, Susan ^c   Marston, Louise ^a   Rehill, Amritpal ^d   Hoe, Juanita ^a   Qazi, Afifa ^b   Knapp, Martin ^d   Orrell, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84932160898     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.140087     Document Type: Article

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