Rogers Memorial Hospital, Oconomowoc, WI, USA.
Depress Anxiety. 2013 Sep;30(9):822-8. doi: 10.1002/da.22127. Epub 2013 May 8.
Recent research suggests the efficacy of attention modification programs (AMP) in treating adult anxiety.([1]) Though some research supports the success of AMP treatment in anxious youths,([2, 3]) to date no study has examined the efficacy of AMP as an adjunctive treatment to other psychosocial and pharmacological interventions for anxious youths within the community.
In the current study, we examined the efficacy of AMP as an adjunctive treatment to standard care at a residential anxiety treatment facility. Adolescents (N = 42) completed either an active (attention modification program, AMP; n = 21) or a control (attention control condition, ACC; n = 21) condition, in addition to the facility's standard treatment protocol, which included cognitive behavioral therapy with or without medication.
While anxiety symptoms decreased for participants across both groups, participants in the AMP group experienced a significantly greater decrease in anxiety symptoms from point of intake to point of discharge, in comparison to participants in the ACC group.
These results suggest that AMP is an effective adjunctive treatment to the standard treatments of choice for anxiety disorders, and may hold promise for improving treatment response in highly anxious youths.
最近的研究表明，注意力修正方案（AMP）在治疗成人焦虑方面是有效的。[1]尽管一些研究支持 AMP 治疗在焦虑青少年中的成功，[2,3]但迄今为止，尚无研究在社区中检查 AMP 作为其他心理社会和药物干预的辅助治疗对焦虑青少年的疗效。
在当前的研究中，我们研究了在住宿焦虑治疗机构中，AMP 作为标准护理的辅助治疗的疗效。青少年（N = 42）除了接受设施的标准治疗方案（包括认知行为疗法加或不加药物）外，还完成了积极（注意力修正方案，AMP；n = 21）或对照（注意力对照条件，ACC；n = 21）条件。
虽然两组参与者的焦虑症状都有所减轻，但与 ACC 组相比，AMP 组参与者的焦虑症状从入院到出院时的减轻程度显著更大。
这些结果表明，AMP 是焦虑障碍标准治疗选择的有效辅助治疗方法，可能有希望改善高度焦虑青少年的治疗反应。
