Melinda A Stanley

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..Most gains for patients in CBT were maintained or enhanced over 1-year follow-up. However, posttreatment scores for patients in CBT failed to indicate return to normative functioning...

..Procedures are designed to be administered flexibly to maximize attention to individual patient needs. Examples of session summaries, patient handouts, and homework forms are provided...

..However, the psychometric properties of the GADSS have not been evaluated for older adults...

..Objective To estimate physician diagnosis and recognition of anxiety and compare health service use among older adults with GAD with two comparison samples with and without other DSM diagnoses...

..Outcome data showed improvement in anxiety as measured by standardized rating scales. We conclude that CBT-AD is potentially useful in treating anxiety in dementia patients and that this technique merits further study...

..Results indicated moderate agreement among symptom-based classification methods and significant associations with measures of quality of life...

..Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) can be effective for late-life generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), but only pilot studies have been conducted in primary care, where older adults most often seek treatment...

..With this demonstrated evidence, the telephone assessment method can be applied in a variety of research and clinical settings...

..The Penn State Worry Questionnaire, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire-IV, and briefer versions of these measures may be useful in identifying late-life generalized anxiety disorder in medical settings...

..6% and 49.5% (Depression); 93.7% and 32.2% (Anxiety); and 97.7%, and 36.0% (combined screen), with an overall accuracy of 80.7%. In such populations, these two modules of the PRIME-MD Patient Questionnaire may be a useful screening tool...

..When comorbid with COPD, mental health symptoms of depression and anxiety are some of the most salient factors associated with quality-of-life outcomes...

..This article reports results of our examination of a modification of the treatment protocol in two cases that included multiple caregivers in treating two persons with dementia...

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..Similarities among the disorders and areas in need of more research are discussed...

..To examine patient preferences for incorporating religion and/or spirituality into therapy for anxiety or depression and examine the relations between patient preferences and religious and spiritual coping styles, beliefs and behaviors...

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..Categorization of MGAD participants generally was poor, with most misclassified as GAD patients. Clinical implications of these findings are discussed...

..Thus, inpatient treatment appears potentially efficacious, although future controlled trials with larger samples are needed...

..The authors conclude that paraprofessionals can be effective in delivering CBT to these patients, with outcomes comparable to those of professionals...

..Specific relationships were identified, including perfectionism with ordering, obsessions with control/importance of thoughts and checking and washing with threat estimation...

..Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psychosocial intervention for anxiety and depression that can serve as a useful alternative or adjunct to pharmacologic intervention for older adults...

..The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence, screening, and recognition of depression and anxiety in persons with chronic breathing disorders, including COPD...

..This review examines recently funded and ongoing late-life anxiety research that uses innovative approaches to reach unique patient populations and tailor treatment content and delivery options to meet the unique needs of older adults...

..Little attention has been devoted to positive emotional health and its potential role in facilitating patients' self-management and improved outcomes...

..Taken together, these results suggest that partner aggression among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with PTSD may be an important treatment consideration and target for prevention...

..g., limited generalizability due to sample size and limited breadth of clinical training opportunities), data from the current trial suggest that training programs such as MAPPS appear both feasible and effective...

..Further research is needed to better understand the causes of racial differences in treatment...

..Further psychometric work is required to assess whether the revised model is a more parsimonious method to assess late-life anxiety...

..Hierarchical regression suggested that the CCL-D subscale was a significant predictor of self-reported depression...