Interpersonal Behaviour Therapy for Generalized Anxiety...

Interpersonal therapy in the treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder The World Health Organization (2007) reported 14% of all people aged 16 to 85 years experienced a form of anxiety disorder. In Australia alone, 2.3 million Australian was diagnosed with 12-month anxiety disorder and the annual cost of anxiety disorders and other mental illness was estimated at 20 billion dollars (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2008). Given its prevalence, development for an effective psychotherapy treatment for anxiety disorder is imperative. Interpersonal distress is a possible causal and maintaining factor for anxiety disorder (Borkovec, Newman, Pincus, Lytle, 2002), and as interpersonal psychotherapy therapy allows treatment the treatment for†¦show more content†¦In their clinical trial of IPT for treating major depression, Feske, Frank, Kupfer, Shear, and Weaver (1998) states that major depression is often accompanied by anxiety, and thus influences the way in which the disorder and response to treatment develops. However, there is a considerable lack of evidence in the treatment of anxiety disorder, particularly for GAD, with IPT (Weissman et al, 2000). Yet, a respectable rationale in treating anxiety disorders with IPT is the focus on interpersonal aspects of patients, which might be the causal and maintaining factors of said disorder. Social phobia, for example, is a form of anxiety caused by contact with unfamiliar people. Thus, IPT serves as a natural treatment method (Weissman et al, 2000). Lipsitz, Markowitz, Cherry, and Fyer (1999) conducted an open trial of interpersonal psychotherapy for the treatment of social phobia. Here, Lipsitz et al attempted the first clinical trial of IPT for treating anxiety. The study enlisted nine participants with an age range of 25-49 (Mean = 38, SD = 8) from a list of patients seeking treatment for social phobia in New York State Psychiatric Institute Anxiety Disorders Clinic. Participants only included those who were not already under a different treatment plan or co-morbid with other di sorder. Fourteen weeks of sessions in IPT for social phobia were conducted by an experienced interpersonal psychotherapy for depression while an experienced psychotherapyShow MoreRelatedEssay about Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)1072 Words   |  5 PagesIntroduction Social Anxiety Disorder or social phobia, is the third largest mental health care problem in the world. 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