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| An evaluation of a CBT-based psychoeducation group for anxiety disorders delivered in routine practice in an older adult community mental health team | | Author(s) | Laura Bettney |
| Journal title | Faculty for the Psychology of Older People (FPOP) Newsletter, no 125, January 2014 |
| Publisher | British Psychological Society, January 2014 |
| Pages | pp 43-48 |
| Source | www.bps.org.uk |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Psychiatric treatment ; Interaction [welfare services] ; Coordination. |
| Annotation | The effectiveness and acceptability of a brief cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based. psychoeducation group for anxiety disorders delivered in a National Health Service (NHS) older adult community mental health team (CMHT) setting is determined. Clients referred from the caseload of a local NHS older adult CMHT, who were found suitable for CBT, and who had an anxiety disorder, were invited to a psychoeducation group delivered in an outpatient mental health clinic by an occupational therapist (OT) and a clinical psychologist. Outcomes were measured using the Depression/Anxiety/Stress Scale (DASS-21; Lovibond and Lovibond, 1995), which was administered at the first and final sessions of the five-week group. Participants also filled in an Anxiety Psychoeducation Group feedback form at the final session. Sixteen people took part in the group intervention; they had a mean age of 74.7 years, were all White British, and four participants were male. There were statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-intervention means for all DASS-21 subscales, with post-intervention scores for Depression, Anxiety and Stress being significantly lower than their pre-intervention scores. Data collected from the feedback form at the final session of the group suggests good levels of participant satisfaction with the intervention. The intervention appeared to be effective in reducing scores on measures of Depression, Anxiety and Stress, and was also acceptable to all participants who attended. The results are supportive of further evaluation and refinement of alternative systems of delivery, such as group interventions, with this client group. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-150529208 A |
| Classmark | ENP: LP: QK6: QAJ |
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