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ArticlePloS one2025

Efficacy of videoconferencing-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy to reduce anxiety disorder severity in LGBTQ+ people: An exploratory trial protocol.

Isaac B J M D Dunn, Emma Power, Liam J Casey, Bethany M Wootton

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Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

Isaac B J M D DunnDiscipline of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0009-0002-8880-6596
Emma PowerDepartment of Speech Pathology, Graduate School of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Liam J CaseyDiscipline of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Bethany M WoottonDiscipline of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Health, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveCognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is a well-established treatment for anxiety disorders in the general population. However, the efficacy of CBT for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and otherwise non-heterosexual or non-cisgender (LGBTQ+) people with anxiety disorders is still emerging in the literature. This protocol proposes an exploratory, two-group, randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy of CBT for anxiety disorders against a waitlist control group.

methodsThe trial will recruit 52 LGBTQ+ adults with a primary anxiety disorder diagnosis. The treatment will consist of videoconferencing-delivered CBT using the Unified Protocol (UP). The treatment will be provided in eight weekly individual sessions. Following treatment completion, the waitlist control participants will receive an LGBTQ+ adapted CBT intervention delivered via videoconferencing. The control group will receive the LGBTQ+ adapted UP in weekly sessions for eight weeks. Diagnostic status and symptom severity will be assessed at baseline, post-treatment, and three-month follow-up. Post-treatment qualitative exit interviews will collect participant perspectives on treatment acceptability.

resultsOutcome measures will be compared across groups and benchmarked with existing literature to assess efficacy and feasibility, while qualitative analysis will explore intervention acceptability.

conclusionThe results are anticipated to inform best-practice remote transdiagnostic treatment of anxiety disorders in LGBTQ+ people.

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Anxiety DisordersCognitive Behavioral TherapySexual and Gender MinoritiesVideoconferencingAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment Outcome

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