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Short and Long-Term Effectiveness of Group Anxiety Management Training

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

John Ormrod
John Ormrod
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Leicester General Hospital
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Abstract

This study explored both the short-term and long-term effectiveness of group anxiety management training. The treatment package employed ran along cognitive-behavioural principles. Consistent with previous evaluations the groups had a significant effect on levels of anxiety and depression as measured by self-report instruments. Participants rated “meeting people with similar problems” and “learning about anxiety” as the two most important therapeutic ingredients. At a follow-up period of greater than two years therapeutic gains, at least in part, seemed to have been maintained.

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Clinical Section
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 63 - 70
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1995

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