Routine treatment duration for clients attending a community based anxiety disorders clinic

Hannan, A; Berle, D; Milicevic, D; Dale, E; Starcevic, V; Brakoulias, V; Viswasam, K

Routine treatment duration for clients attending a community based anxiety disorders clinic

Hannan, A Berle, D

Milicevic, D Dale, E Starcevic, V Brakoulias, V Viswasam, K

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Citation:: Australasian Psychiatry, 2018, 26 (3), pp. 307 - 310
Issue Date:: 2018-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Hannan, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Berle, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4861-2220	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Milicevic, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dale, E	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Starcevic, V	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Brakoulias, V	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Viswasam, K	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australasian Psychiatry, 2018, 26 (3), pp. 307 - 310	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1039-8562	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/128399
dc.description.abstract	© 2016, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2016. Objective: To determine the average duration of treatment at a community-based anxiety disorders clinic. Method: Data were collected on primary disorder, the presence of co-occurring disorders and treatment length (both in terms of number of sessions and weeks of therapy) for 248 consecutive clients. Results: The mean number of sessions was 13, and average treatment length was 29 weeks. There was substantial variation in treatment duration (range for number of sessions = 1–128, range for treatment duration = 0–186 weeks). Conclusion: Clients with anxiety disorders were often treated in relatively few sessions, in line with randomised controlled trials (RCTs). However, a number of clients required many more sessions and were treated for a longer period of time than clients in RCTs. Health services should be cautious in mandating limits to therapy duration for anxiety disorders given the wide range in the duration of treatment for clients in our sample.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australasian Psychiatry	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1039856216666157	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Psychiatry	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Anxiety Disorders	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Community Mental Health Services	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adult	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	New South Wales	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Male	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy	en_US
dc.title	Routine treatment duration for clients attending a community based anxiety disorders clinic	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	26	en_US
utslib.for	1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	11 Medical and Health Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Graduate School of Health
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	3	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	26	en_US

Abstract:

© 2016, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2016. Objective: To determine the average duration of treatment at a community-based anxiety disorders clinic. Method: Data were collected on primary disorder, the presence of co-occurring disorders and treatment length (both in terms of number of sessions and weeks of therapy) for 248 consecutive clients. Results: The mean number of sessions was 13, and average treatment length was 29 weeks. There was substantial variation in treatment duration (range for number of sessions = 1–128, range for treatment duration = 0–186 weeks). Conclusion: Clients with anxiety disorders were often treated in relatively few sessions, in line with randomised controlled trials (RCTs). However, a number of clients required many more sessions and were treated for a longer period of time than clients in RCTs. Health services should be cautious in mandating limits to therapy duration for anxiety disorders given the wide range in the duration of treatment for clients in our sample.

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