Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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901536 | Behavior Therapy | 2011 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Some evidence suggests that acceptance-based approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) may be well-suited to geriatric generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The primary goal of this project was to determine whether ACT was feasible for this population. Seven older primary-care patients with GAD received 12 individual sessions of ACT; another 9 were treated with cognitive-behavioral therapy. No patients dropped out of ACT, and worry and depression improved. Findings suggest that ACT may warrant a large-scale investigation with anxious older adults.
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Authors
Julie Loebach Wetherell, Lin Liu, Thomas L. Patterson, Niloofar Afari, Catherine R. Ayers, Steven R. Thorp, Jill A. Stoddard, Joshua Ruberg, Alexander Kraft, John T. Sorrell, Andrew J. Petkus,