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Mechanism of action in CBT (MAC): methods of a multi-center randomized controlled trial in 369 patients with panic disorder and agoraphobia.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Nov 2009
Gloster A T, Wittchen H U, Einsle F, Höfler M, Lang T, Helbig-Lang S, Fydrich T, Fehm L, Hamm A O, Richter J, Alpers G W, Gerlach A L, Ströhle A, Kircher T, Deckert J, Zwanzger P, Arolt V
Abstract excerpt
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is efficacious for panic disorder with agoraphobia (PD/A). Nevertheless, the active ingredients of treatment and the mechanisms through which CBT achieves its effects remain largely unknown. The mechanisms of action in CBT (MAC) study was established to investigate these questions in 369 patients diagnosed with PD/A. The MAC study utilized a multi-center, randomized controlled...
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