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RCT of an Acceptance-based Behavior Therapy for GAD

NCT00961493 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 81

Last updated 2013-06-19

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether acceptance-based behavior therapy for GAD results in greater symptom reduction and increased quality of life than applied relaxation.

Conditions

  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Acceptance based behavioral therapy

16 individual psychotherapy sessions focused on psychoeducation about anxiety, anxious responding, the function of emotions, mindfulness, and problems with efforts to constrict one's emotional experience; training in mindfulness skills; practice applying mindfulness skills in daily life, including acceptance of, rather than efforts to control, internal experience; and identification of values in areas of life and practice engaging in chosen actions.

BEHAVIORAL

Applied relaxation

16 sessions of individual psychotherapy focused on psychoeducation about anxiety and anxious responding; training in multiple forms of relaxation; early cue detection; and practice applying relaxation in daily life.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Massachusetts, Boston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lizabeth Roemer, Ph.D. · University of Massachusetts, Boston

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-02-28
Completion
2013-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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