Is it beneficial to add pharmacotherapy to cognitive-behavioral therapy when treating anxiety disorders? A meta-analytic review

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(2010), "Is it beneficial to add pharmacotherapy to cognitive-behavioral therapy when treating anxiety disorders? A meta-analytic review", Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Vol. 15 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/cgij.2010.24815bae.009

Is it beneficial to add pharmacotherapy to cognitive-behavioral therapy when treating anxiety disorders? A meta-analytic review

Is it beneficial to add pharmacotherapy to cognitive-behavioral therapy when treating anxiety disorders? A meta-analytic review

Article Type: Reviews of effectiveness From: Clinical Governance: An International Journal, Volume 15, Issue 2

S.G. Hofmann, A.T. Sawyer, K.J. Korte, J.A. Smits,International Journal of Cognitive Therapy,2009,Vol. 2,pp. 160-75

The authors concluded that cognitive-behavioural therapy combined with pharmacotherapy was effective in the short term for some anxiety disorders. The review process was generally well conducted, but the lack of good quality trials, the small population sizes, and the substantial clinical variability across trials, suggest that the pooled results and conclusions should be treated with caution.