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Brief Behavioural Activation Treatment of Chronic Anxiety in an Older Adult

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2012

Jarrod S. Turner  and
David J. Leach
Jarrod S. Turner*
Affiliation:
Murdoch University, Australia. jarrod.s.turner@gmail.com
David J. Leach
Affiliation:
Murdoch University, Australia.
*
*Address for correspondence: Jarrod S. Turner, School of Psychology, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia.
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Abstract

A 64-year-old male who met criteria for social and generalised anxiety was treated using a brief behavioural activation (BA) approach. The intervention was delivered in twelve weekly 60-minute individual sessions. The effects of the intervention were assessed using a simple A-B-C phase change with repeated measurement design. Change in reported anxiety was recorded across phases. Decreased scores in self-reported anxiety measures were obtained and significant clinical improvement was maintained during a 4-month no treatment maintenance phase. This preliminary investigation suggests BA could be an efficient and effective treatment for anxiety and that replications are warranted.

Keywords

behavioural activation (BA)anxietyelderlysingle-case
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Standard Papers
Information
Behaviour Change , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , 01 September 2009 , pp. 214 - 222
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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