TY - JOUR
T1 - Treatment of panic disorder and/or generalized anxiety disorder with a guided self-help manual
T2 - An analysis in single cases
AU - Van Boeijen, Christine A.
AU - Van Oppen, Patricia
AU - Van Balkom, Anton L.J.M.
AU - Van Dyck, Richard
PY - 2007/6/1
Y1 - 2007/6/1
N2 - The aim of this pilot study was to test the effectiveness and feasibility of a new, guided self-help program in five selected primary care patients with panic disorder (PD) or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Most patients achieved a clinically relevant improvement after 12 weeks of treatment with large effect sizes (Cohen's d) on all measures. Two patients could be considered as recovered according to the criteria of Jacobson and Truax (1991). Although all of the patients appeared to improve on all outcome measures, PD was easier to treat than GAD. These results suggest that a guided self-help manual treatment is an effective treatment possibility for PD and GAD in primary care. When these results can be replicated in a controlled trial in a larger sample, guided self-help treatment may be a first-line treatment in general practice in a step-by-step care approach of PD and GAD.
AB - The aim of this pilot study was to test the effectiveness and feasibility of a new, guided self-help program in five selected primary care patients with panic disorder (PD) or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Most patients achieved a clinically relevant improvement after 12 weeks of treatment with large effect sizes (Cohen's d) on all measures. Two patients could be considered as recovered according to the criteria of Jacobson and Truax (1991). Although all of the patients appeared to improve on all outcome measures, PD was easier to treat than GAD. These results suggest that a guided self-help manual treatment is an effective treatment possibility for PD and GAD in primary care. When these results can be replicated in a controlled trial in a larger sample, guided self-help treatment may be a first-line treatment in general practice in a step-by-step care approach of PD and GAD.
KW - Generalized anxiety disorder
KW - Panic disorder
KW - Primary care
KW - Self-help manual
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34249023567&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1534650104265280
DO - 10.1177/1534650104265280
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34249023567
VL - 6
SP - 277
EP - 291
JO - Clinical Case Studies
JF - Clinical Case Studies
SN - 1534-6501
IS - 3
ER -