TY - JOUR
KW - Anxiety
KW - Depression
KW - group psychotherapy.
KW - mental health center
KW - perceived emotional int elligence
KW - Primary care
KW - Self-esteem
AU - Gerard Segarra Gutiérrez
AU - Núria Farriols Hernando
AU - Carolina Palma Sevillano
AU - Jordi Segura Bernal
AU - Rafael Castell Torres
AB - 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.
IS - 2-3
M3 - Journal article
N2 - 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.
PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés
PY - 2011
SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937
SP - 185
EP - 197
T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés
TI - Group therapy for anxiety disorders in public mental health settings
VL - 17
ER -