• Arch. Gen. Psychiatry · Apr 2011

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Disorder-specific impact of coordinated anxiety learning and management treatment for anxiety disorders in primary care.

    • Michelle G Craske, Murray B Stein, Greer Sullivan, Cathy Sherbourne, Alexander Bystritsky, Raphael D Rose, Ariel J Lang, Stacy Welch, Laura Campbell-Sills, Daniela Golinelli, and Peter Roy-Byrne.
    • Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA. craske@psych.ucla.edu
    • Arch. Gen. Psychiatry. 2011 Apr 1;68(4):378-88.

    ContextAnxiety disorders commonly present in primary care, where evidence-based mental health treatments often are unavailable or suboptimally delivered.ObjectiveTo compare evidence-based treatment for anxiety disorders with usual care (UC) in primary care for principal and comorbid generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder (PD), social anxiety disorder (SAD), and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).DesignA randomized controlled trial comparing the Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM) intervention with UC at baseline and at 6-, 12-, and 18-month follow-up assessments.SettingSeventeen US primary care clinics.PatientsReferred primary care sample, 1004 patients, with principal DSM-IV diagnoses of GAD (n = 549), PD (n = 262), SAD (n = 132), or PTSD (n = 61) (mean [SD] age, 43.7 [13.7] years; 70.9% were female). Eighty percent of the participants completed 18-month follow-up.InterventionsCALM (cognitive behavior therapy and pharmacotherapy recommendations) and UC.Main Outcome MeasuresGeneralized Anxiety Disorder Severity Scale, Panic Disorder Severity-Self-report Scale, Social Phobia Inventory, and PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version scores.ResultsCALM was superior to UC for principal GAD at 6-month (-1.61; 95% confidence interval [CI], -2.42 to -0.79), 12-month (-2.34; -3.22 to -1.45), and 18-month (-2.37; -3.24 to -1.50), PD at 6-month (-2.00; -3.55 to -0.44) and 12-month (-2.71; -4.29 to -1.14), and SAD at 6-month (-7.05; -12.11 to -2.00) outcomes. CALM was superior to UC for comorbid SAD at 6-month (-4.26; 95% CI, -7.96 to -0.56), 12-month (-8.12, -11.84 to -4.40), and 18- month (-6.23, -9.90 to -2.55) outcomes. Effect sizes favored CALM but were not statistically significant for other comorbid disorders.ConclusionsCALM (cognitive behavior therapy and pharmacotherapy medication recommendations) is more effective than is UC for principal anxiety disorders and, to a lesser extent, comorbid anxiety disorders that present in primary care.

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