Pilot of a randomised controlled trial of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor sertraline versus cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety symptoms in people with generalised anxiety disorder who have failed to respond to low-intensity psychological treatments as defined by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines

Buszewicz M, Cape J, Serfaty M, Shafran R, Kabir T, Tyrer P, Clarke C S & Nazareth I
Record ID 32017000384
English
Authors' objectives: To assess clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness at 12 months of treatment with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) sertraline compared with CBT for patients with persistent GAD not improved with NICE-defined low-intensity psychological interventions.
Authors' recommendations: It is unclear how much of the recruitment difficulty was a result of conducting the trial within a psychological therapy service and how much was possibly a result of difficulty identifying participants with primary GAD.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2017
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Humans
  • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors
  • Sertraline
  • Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute
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