Cognitive behavioural therapy was more effective for panic disorder when given with 6 hours of total therapist contact than with 2 or 0 hours

Persons, Jacqueline B PhD
Valus, Kristen L PsyD

¹University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy
²San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy Oakland, California, USA

Sharp DM, Power KG, Swanson V. Reducing therapist contact in cognitive behaviour therapy for panic disorder and agoraphobia in primary care: global measures of outcome in a randomised controlled trial. Br J Gen Pract 2000 Dec;50:963–8

Source of funding: no external funding.

For correspondence: Dr D M Sharp, University of Hull, Institute of Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, 215 Anlaby Road, Hull HU3 2PG, UK. Fax +44 (0)1482 675636.

Evidence-Based Mental Health 4(2):p 53, May 2001.