Primary Care Intervention Strategy for Anxiety Disorders

Summary

This study will compare the effectiveness of an intervention strategy for the treatment of people with post traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and social anxiety disorder in the primary care setting.

Conditions

• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Social Anxiety Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive-behavioral therapy

Participants in CALM will choose to receive CBT, medication, or both for the treatment of their anxiety. CBT includes computer-assisted CBT with an anxiety clinical specialist.

DRUG

Psychotropic medication optimization

For those participants in CALM who choose medication, the ACS will facilitate the delivery of, and adherence to, anti-anxiety medication which will be prescribed by the participants' PCP.

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as Usual

Participants in the control group will receive standard treatment from their PCP.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  collaborator NIH

• University of Washington

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Peter P. Roy-Byrne, MD · University of Washington

• Cathy D. Sherbourne, PhD · RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA

• Michelle G. Craske, PhD · University of California, Los Angeles

• Greer Sullivan, MD, MSPH · University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

• Murray B. Stein, MD, MPH · University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA

• Kristin Bumgardner, BS · University of Washington

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

75 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2006-06-30

Primary Completion

2009-10-31

Completion

2009-10-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations