Sustainability of Treatment Success 5 Years after Exposure-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Achieving sustainable success in the treatment of anxiety disorders remains a central objective in mental health care. Although research has demonstrated the short-term efficacy of psychotherapy, evidence regarding long-term sustainability is limited. This study examined treatment outcomes 5 years after prediction-error-based exposure therapy.

Methods

For 355 patients (616 eligible; 58% follow-up rate), newly collected follow-up data on anxiety symptoms and psychosocial functioning were compared to pretreatment, posttreatment, and 6-month follow-up data from a multicenter clinical trial characterized by high treatment fidelity.

Results

Improvements in anxiety symptoms and psychosocial functioning that were evident at posttreatment and 6-month follow-up we

SUBMITTER: Pittig A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12705079 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature