A phone-based collaborative care program designed to treat panic and generalized anxiety disorders in primary care was found to be much more effective in lowering symptoms and increasing health-related quality of life than typical care, according to new research at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Collaborative care, or integrative care, refers to primary care treatment that also offers mental health, behavioral health, and substance use therapies.
“While dozens of clinical trials have demonstrated the effectiveness of collaborative care for treating depression in primary care, comparatively few have addressed anxiety, despite their similar prevalence and adverse impact on health-related quality of life and excess utilization of health services,” said Bruce L. Rollman, M.D., M.P.H., professor of medicine and director of Pitt’s Center for Behavioral Health and Smart Technology.
For the study, researchers enrolled 329 patients, aged 18 to 64 years, who had been referred by their primary care physicians at six practice locations affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).
[For more of this story, written by Traci Pedersen, go to https://psychcentral.com/news/...symptoms/117077.html]
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