@article{373,
  keywords = {Anxiety, Depression, group psychotherapy., mental health center, perceived emotional int elligence, Primary care, Self-esteem},
  author = {Gerard Segarra Gutiérrez and Núria Farriols Hernando and Carolina Palma Sevillano and Jordi Segura Bernal and Rafael Castell Torres},
  title = {Group therapy for anxiety disorders in public mental health settings},
  abstract = {The aim of the current study is to assess the outcome of a group psychotherapy intervention in patients with generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder with or without agoraphobia and adjustment disorder with anxious or depressive symptoms. A total of 107 patients were included in the study, 73.8% were women and 26.2% men, aged from 21 and 62, from a Mental Health Center and a Primary Care Center, both of which are part of the Maresme Sanitary Consortium (Barcelona). The cognitive-behavioural therapy consisted of twenty 90-minute weekly sessions. The participants completed a semistructured interview that included clinical measures of anxiety, depression, somatization, perceived emotional intelligence and other measures related with health (self-esteem and life satisfaction). The results showed significant improvements in symptom reduction, as well as an increase in self-esteem and perceived quality of life (p ≤ .001) for all diagnostic groups.},
  year = {2011},
  journal = {Ansiedad y Estrés},
  volume = {17},
  number = {2-3},
  pages = {185-197},
  month = {06/2011},
  publisher = {Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés},
  issn = {1134-7937},
  isbn = {2174-0437},
}