half day workshop

CBT FOR CO-MORBID GAD AND DEPRESSION
Mark Freeston, Newcastle University UK and Stephen Barton, Newcastle University UK

Princess Hotel Room: Mediterraneo

CBT for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is less effective when depression is present, and treatment for depression is less effective when GAD is present.  Each disorder also increases the risk of developing the other.  In spite of this, these disorders tend to have separate cognitive models and different treatment manuals, so therapists are left to make links between the two in an ad hoc fashion or plan treatment in a serial, sequential fashion rather than in a more integrated way.

Professor Mark Freeston has pioneered CBT treatments for GAD, OCD and related disorders.  He has authored numerous case studies and treatment trials and is Director of Training and Research at the Newcastle Centre for Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy in Newcastle, and Professor of Clinical Psychology at Newcastle University.  Dr Stephen Barton lectures in Clinical Psychology at Newcastle University and has a specialist interest in CBT for depression.  He is currently conducting a randomised controlled trial into CBT early intervention for people at high risk or recurrent depression.

Key References:
Dugas, M. J., Ladouceur, R., Léger, E., Freeston, M. H., Langolis, F., & Provencher, M. D. et al. (2003). Group cognitive-behavioral therapy for generalized anxiety disorder: Treatment outcome and long-term follow-up. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71(4), 821-825.  
Léger, E., Ladouceur, R., Dugas, M. J., & Freeston, M. H. (2003). Cognitive-behavioral treatment of generalized anxiety disorder among adolescent: A case series. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 42(3), 327-330.  
Barton, S.B., Armstrong, P., Freeston, M.H. & Twaddle, V. (submitted) Early intervention for adults at high risk of recurrent and chronic depression: Cognitive model and clinical case series. Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry