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      A comparison of delivery methods of cognitive-behavioral therapy for panic disorder: an international multicenter trial.

      Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
      Adult, Cognitive Therapy, Combined Modality Therapy, Computers, Handheld, Desensitization, Psychologic, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care), Panic Disorder, diagnosis, psychology, therapy, Personality Inventory, Psychotherapy, Brief, Software, Therapy, Computer-Assisted

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          Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is the psychological treatment of choice for panic disorder (PD). However, given limited access to CBT, it must be delivered with maximal cost-effectiveness. Previous researchers have found that a brief computer-augmented CBT was as effective as extended therapist-delivered CBT. To test this finding, this study randomly allocated 186 patients with PD across 2 sites in Scotland and Australia to 12 sessions of therapist-delivered CBT (CBT12), 6 sessions of therapist-delivered (CBT6) or computer-augmented CBT (CBT6-CA), or a waitlist control. On a composite measure, at posttreatment, the outcome for CBT 12 was statistically better than the outcome for CBT6. The outcome for CBT6-CA fell between CBT12 and CBT6, but could not be statistically distinguished from either treatment. The active treatments did not differ statistically at 6-month follow-up. The study provided some support for the use of computers as an innovative adjunctive-therapy tool and merits further investigation. 2003 APA

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