How durable is the effect of low intensity CBT for depression and anxiety? Remission and relapse in a longitudinal cohort study.

Background: Depression and anxiety disorders are relapse-prone conditions, even after successful treatment with pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is known to prevent relapse, but there is little evidence of the durability of remission after low intensity forms of CBT (LiCBT).

Method: This study aimed to examine relapse rates 12 months after completing routinely-delivered LiCBT.

Different people respond differently to therapy: A demonstration using patient profiling and risk stratification.

Background: This study aimed to identify patient characteristics associated with poor outcomes in psychological therapy, and to develop a patient profiling method.

Method: Clinical assessment data for 1347 outpatients was analysed. Final treatment outcome was based on reliable and clinically significant improvement (RCSI) in depression (PHQ-9) and anxiety (GAD-7) measures.

Can Low-Cost Strategies Improve Attendance Rates in Brief Psychological Therapy? Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objectives: To assess if telephone text message appointment reminders and orientation leaflets can increase the proportion of patients who attend brief interventions after being assessed as suitable for guided self-help following cognitive behavioral therapy principles.

Method: Attendance was operationally defined as having accessed at least 1 therapy appointment. A secondary outcome was the proportion of attenders who completed or dropped out of therapy.

Confidence in the face of risk: the Risk Assessment and Management Self-Efficacy Study (RAMSES).

Aims and method To evaluate a comprehensive risk management programme. A Risk Assessment and Management Self-Efficacy Scale (RAMSES) was used to evaluate the impact of a clinical guideline and training course. Fifty-three psychological therapists were randomly allocated to training v.