Psychotherapy anxiety and phobic disorders

Abstract

The aim of the study: the development of a comprehensive system of psychotherapy and psychocorrection of anxiety disorders of neurotic case, based on the study of their clinical structure and peculiarities of emotional damages.

Methodologies

Spielberger, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), the study of accentuation of personality by K. Leonhard.

Scope and contributing research

One hundred patients with diagnostic categories: F41.0 – Panic disorder (episodic paroxysmal anxiety, F41.1 – Generalized anxiety disorder, F41.2 – mixed anxiety-depressive disorder who are on the examination and treatment at the psychiatric unit. A control group included 40 patients.

We performed the exploration of the peculiarities of clinical anxiety and patterns of therapeutic effect, based on the influence of short-term group and individual psychotherapy in the treatment of anxiety disorders, and evaluation the effectiveness of its recognition.

The development of the methodology of applying a short-term group and individual psychotherapy in the treatment of anxiety disorders based on combination relaxation, hypnosis, cognitive-behavioral techniques in combination on with short-term group therapy.

In fact, this is a new real model psychotherapy based on integrative principles. The high efficacy was shown in 82% patients, compared with 54% efficacy in control group patients.

We will offer a new comprehensive methodology in the treatment of anxiety disorders of neurotic case that will improve the therapeutic efficacy of the treatment process, reduce the time of treatment, reduce the period of drug therapy.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.