The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders compared with diagnosis-specific protocols for anxiety disorders: A three-year follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Compare the long-term efficacy of diagnosis-specific and transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBT) from a randomized equivalence trial for the treatment of heterogenous anxiety disorders.

Method

Participants were treatment completers (N = 80; 58.8% female) from the parent equivalence trial treated with either the Unified Protocol (UP; n = 44) or the single-disorder CBT protocol (SDP; n = 36) for their primary anxiety disorder. Clinical interviews were conducted at 24- and 36-month follow-up and self-report questionnaire batteries were completed at 18-, 24-, 30-, and 36-month follow-up. With-in condition effect sizes were calculated to determine maintenance of treatment gains in each treatment condition over time and potential differences be

SUBMITTER: Bullis JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12244227 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature