RT Journal Article
T1 Factors Interfering with the Course of Treatment for Anxiety Disorders: Prolongation and Premature Termination of Treatment
T2 Factores que interfieren en el curso del tratamiento de los problemas de ansiedad: la prolongación y la terminación prematura del tratamiento
A1 Bernaldo De Quirós Aragón, Mónica
A1 Estupiñá Puig, Francisco José
A1 Labrador Encinas, Francisco Javier
A1 Labrador Méndez, Marta Isabel
A1 Fernández Arias, Ignacio Gabino
AB The efficacy and the effectiveness of anxiety disorder treatments have been proven. However, the desired results are not always achieved. Studying the factors that interfere with the natural course of the treatments could help to correct and to adapt them. Two of these factors are the unnecessary prolongation of treatments and their premature termination. As expected, the duration of the treatment depends on the nature of the problem and the existence of comorbid problems, however treatments that are too ambitious (an excess of techniques) or combined with pharmacological treatments (increasing sessions by up to 21%) also have a longer duration. Premature termination is around 30-35% and patients “announce” the dropout by displaying poorer task performance and more irregular attendance from the beginning. More than 50% of the therapeutic dropout occurs before the eighth session and 80% of successful treatments are completed before the 20th session.
PB Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Psicólogos (España)
SN 0214-7823
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91739
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91739
LA eng
NO Fernández-Arias, I., Bernaldo-de-Quirós, M., Labrador, F. J., Estupiñá, F. J., & Labrador-Méndez, M. (2019). Factores que interfieren en el curso del tratamiento de los problemas de ansiedad: la prolongación y la terminación prematura del tratamiento. Papeles del psicólogo, 40(1), 15-20.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 abr 2025