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Treatment
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psychological method of treatment for GAD that involves a therapist working with the patient to understand how thoughts and feelings influence behaviour. Elements of the therapy include exposure strategies to allow the patient to confront their anxieties gradually and feel more comfortable in anxiety-provoking situations, as well as to practice the skills they have learned. CBT can be used alone or in conjunction with medication.
Cognitive behavioral therapy has been practiced effectively by both renowned pioneers in psychology, and current contemporary therapists. Albert Ellis is one such notable cognitive theorist, and practitioner who coined the term "maladaptive assumptions."[1] These maladaptive assumptions, negatively incorporated in a client's thought patterns, may serve to disrupt the ability to engage in healthy interactions.[1] Frequent use of such maladaptive assumption such as, "It is awful and catastrophic when things are not the way one would very much like them to be" may provoke further anxiety over the course of events.[1] Thus rational-emotive therapy, a form of cognitive behavioral therapy, may be implemented to counter clients' maladaptive assumptions, and educate them about the part excessive worrying plays in resulting cognitive interpretations across a span of social situations.
Further research and investigation has, evidently, found that psychotherapy results in significant positive results when compared to a control versus wait-list group.[2] Subsequent use of cognitive behavioral therapy has demonstrated substantial effects on worrying, anxiety, and depression. However, it has also been confirmed that "less than one out of three individuals receive evidence-based treatments such as cognitive-behavioral therapy and pharmacotherapy."[2] Thus, other empirically-validated therapies should, and could be implemented to relieve symptoms associated with generalized anxiety disorder. One such therapy reviewed is acceptance based behavioral therapy (ABBT). ABBT, appears, to offer relief of reducing the negative impact associated with anxiety disorders.[3]
It would be to numerous health professions' benefit to further investigate these treatments in order to determine any significant differences from pharmacotherapy, and other treatment options.
Nice edits, but I do caution about using phrases like "it is vital". That doesn't feel neutral. It feels like you are vested in the outcome of the investigation. Your statements above: "Further research and investigation has spiked to further analyze the resulting consequences, and results of psychotherapy treatments for generalized anxiety disorder. Evidence has subsequently found that psychotherapy results in significant positive results when compared to a control or wait-list group.[2]" - run together a bit. I would suggest combining the two sentences and reducing the entry.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Comer, Ronald (2014). Abnormal Psychology. New York, NY: Worth Publishers. pp. 114–122. ISBN 978-1-4641-3719-8.
- ^ a b Cuijpers, Pim; Sijbrandij, Marit; Koole, Sander; Huibers, Marcus; Berking, Matthias; Andersson, Gerhard (2014-03-01). "Psychological treatment of generalized anxiety disorder: A meta-analysis". Clinical Psychology Review. 34 (2): 130–140. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2014.01.002. ISSN 0272-7358.
- ^ "(PDF) Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Behavioral Therapies for Anxiety Disorders". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-02-04.