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SynthesisDialogues in clinical neuroscience2011

Cognitive behavioral therapy in anxiety disorders: current state of the evidence.

Christian Otte

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Synthesis in Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Christian OtteDepartment of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. christian.otte@charite.de

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A plethora of studies have examined the efficacy and effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for adult anxiety disorders. In recent years, several meta-analyses have been conducted to quantitatively review the evidence of CBT for anxiety disorders, each using different inclusion criteria for studies, such as use of control conditions or type of study environment. This review aims to summarize and to discuss the current state of the evidence regarding CBT treatment for panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Overall, CBT demonstrates both efficacy in randomized controlled trials and effectiveness in naturalistic settings in the treatment of adult anxiety disorders. However, due to methodological issues, the magnitude of effect is currently difficult to estimate. In conclusion, CBT appears to be both efficacious and effective in the treatment of anxiety disorders, but more high-quality studies are needed to better estimate the magnitude of the effect.

Indexed as

Evidence-Based PracticeAnxiety DisordersCognitive Behavioral TherapyHumansacute stress disorderanxiety disordercognitive-behavioral therapygeneralized anxiety disordermeta-analysisobsessive-compulsive disorderpanic disorderpost-traumatic stress disorderpsychotherapy

Identifiers

PMID22275847
PMCPMC3263389

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