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Key Research Findings

Don't take my word for it! Below you will find summaries of some key studies that provide evidence for a particular treatment.1

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Franklin, M.E., Abramowitz, J.S., Kozak, M.J., Levitt, J.T., & Foa, E.B. (2000). Effectiveness of exposure and ritual prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder: Randomized compared with nonrandomized samples. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 594-602.

Abramowitz, J. S. (1997). Effectiveness of psychological and pharmacological treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A quantitative review. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, 44-52.

Van Oppen, P., de Haan, E., Van Balkom, A. J. L. M., & Spinhoven, P. (1995). Cognitive therapy and exposure in vivo in the treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 33, 379-390.

Foa, E. B., Steketee, G., Grayson, J. B., Turner, R. M., & Latimer, P. (1984). Deliberate exposure and blocking of obsessive-compulsive rituals: Immediate and long-term effects. Behavior Therapy, 15, 450-472.

Foa, E. B., Steketee, G. S., Milby, J. B. (1980). Differential effects of exposure and response prevention in obsessive-compulsive washers. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 48, 71-79.

Foa, E. B., Steketee, G. Turner, R. M., & Fischer, S. C. (1980). Effects of imaginal exposure to feared disasters in obsessive-compulsive checkers. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 18, 449-455.

Panic Disorder

Landon, T.M., & Barlow, D.H. (2004). Cognitive-behavioral treatment for panic disorder: Current status. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 10, 211-226.

Craske, M.G., DeCola, J.P., Sachs, A.D., & Pontillo, D.C. (2003). Panic control treatment for agoraphobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 17, 321-333.

Barlow, D.H., Gorman, J.M., Shear, M.K., & Woods, S.W. (2000). Cognitive-behavioral therapy, imipramine, or their combination for panic disorder. Journal of the American Medical Association, 283, 2529-2536.

Gould RA, Otto MW, Pollack MH. (1995). A meta-analysis of treatment outcome for panic disorder. Clinical Psychology Review, 15:819-844.

Beck, A.T., Emery, G., & Greenberg, R.L. (1990). Anxiety Disorders and Phobias: A Cognitive Perspective. New York: Basic Books.

Barlow, D.H., Craske, M.G., Cerny, & J.A., Klosko, J.S. (1989). Behavioral treatment of panic disorder. Behavior Therapy, 20, 261-282.

Depression

Gloaguen V, Cottraux J, Cucherat M, Blackburn I-M. (1998). A meta-analysis of the effects of cognitive therapy in depressed patients. Journal of Affective Disorders, 49:59-72.

DeRubeis RJ, Gelfand LA, Tang TZ, Simons AD. (1999). Medications versus cognitive behavior therapy for severely depressed outpatients: Mega-analysis of four randomized comparisons. American Journal of Psychiatry, 156:1007-1013.

Bipolar Disorder

Colom, F. et al. (2003). "A randomized trial on the efficacy of group psychoeducation in the prophylaxis of recurrences in bipolar patients whose disease is in remission." Archives of General Psychiatry, 60:402-407.

Goodwin, G.M. (2003). Evidence-based guidelines for treatment of bipolar disorder: recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 17, 149-173.

Gutierrez, M.J and Scott, J. (2004). "Psychological treatment for bipolar disorders." European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 254:92-98.

Lam D., Watkins E., Hayward P., Bight J., Wright, K., Kerr N., Parr-Davis, G., Sham P. (2003). A randomised controlled study of cognitive therapy of relapse prevention for bipolar affective disorder - outcome of the first year. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60(2): 145-152.

Lam, D. H., Hayward, P., Watkins, E., Wright, K. & Sham P. (in press). Outcome of a two-year follow-up of a cognitive therapy of relapse prevention in bipolar disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry.

Otto, M. W. and D. J. Miklowitz (2004). "The role and impact of psychotherapy in the management of bipolar disorder." CNS Spectrum, 9(11 Supplement 12): 27-32.

Scott, J., Garland, A. & Moorhead, S. (2001). A pilot study of cognitive therapy in bipolar disorders. Psychological Medicine, 31, 459-47.

Zaretsky, A. (2003). "Targeted psychosocial interventions for bipolar disorder." Bipolar Disorder 5, Supplement 2: 80-7.

Zaretsky, A.E., Segal Z.V. & M.Gemar (1999). Cognitive Therapy for Bipolar Depression: A pilot study. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 44, 491-494.

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1 The information on this page was adapted from a page on the website for Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) of the American Psychological Association.