A US study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has pioneerd a more flexible approach to treating anxiety, offering a choice of treatments, and giving health professionals a computer-based tool to track patients. The study included over 1,000 patients. About half were given a choice of talking therapy, drug treatment, or both; the other half carried on with the treatment suggested by their doctor. After a year, 64 per cent of those offered a choice of treatment saw an improvement, compared with 45 per cent who´d received their usual treatment. Talking therapy was the most popular choice, 34 per cent choosing just this treatment, and 57 per cent opting to combine it with drugs. Just nine per cent chose drugs as their only treatment.
Therapy Today – June 2010
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