Promising new approach to therapy for generalized anxiety disorder

A recent study led by Henry Westra at York University (Toronto, Canada), in collaboration with Michael Constantino (University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA) and Martin Antony (Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada), has suggested that integrating motivational interviewing (MI) with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder, compared to CBT alone, may have a higher long-term success rate for patients. A combined treatment approach has long been recommended for treating anxiety, but prior to this research few well-controlled tests of integrating treatments existed. The study, published recently in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, recruited 85 participants...