Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00073632
Acceptance-Based Treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Developing a New Therapy for GAD: Acceptance-Based CBT
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 50 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Boston · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study will develop and implement an awareness- and acceptance-based for treatment of individuals with generalized anxiety disorder.
Detailed description
Participants in this study are recruited from intakes at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either acceptance and mindfulness-based strategies plus cognitive behavioral therapy or no treatment for 16 weeks. The treatment will involve daily practice of mindfulness techniques to help draw attention to and accept various emotional states. Interviews, questionnaires, and depression and anxiety scales will be used to assess participants. Assessments will be conducted post-treatment and at 3- and 9-month follow-up visits.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Acceptance Based Behavioral Therapy |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2002-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2006-07-01
- Completion
- 2006-08-01
- First posted
- 2003-12-03
- Last updated
- 2013-11-06
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00073632. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.