TY - JOUR
T1 - Outcomes of People of Color in an Efficacy Trial of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatments for Anxiety, Depression, and Related Disorders
T2 - Preliminary Evidence
AU - Cardona, Nicole D.
AU - Ametaj, Amantia A.
AU - Cassiello-Robbins, Clair
AU - Tirpak, Julianne Wilner
AU - Olesnycky, Olenka
AU - Sauer-Zavala, Shannon
AU - Farchione, Todd J.
AU - Barlow, David H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/9/1
Y1 - 2023/9/1
N2 - Although evidence-based psychological treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) have strong empirical support for reducing anxiety and depression symptoms, CBT outcome research often does not report race and ethnicity variables, or assess how well CBT works for people from historically excluded racial and ethnic groups. This study presents post hoc analyses comparing treatment retention and symptom outcomes for participants of color (n = 43) and White participants (n = 136) from a randomized controlled efficacy trial of CBT. χ2 tests and one-way ANCOVA showed no observable differences between the two samples on attrition or on clinician-rated measures of anxiety and depression at posttreatment and follow-up. Moderate to large within-group effect sizes on anxiety and depression were found for Black, Latinx, and Asian American participants at almost all time points. These preliminary findings suggest that CBT for anxiety and comorbid depression may be efficacious for Black, Asian American, and Latinx individuals.
AB - Although evidence-based psychological treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) have strong empirical support for reducing anxiety and depression symptoms, CBT outcome research often does not report race and ethnicity variables, or assess how well CBT works for people from historically excluded racial and ethnic groups. This study presents post hoc analyses comparing treatment retention and symptom outcomes for participants of color (n = 43) and White participants (n = 136) from a randomized controlled efficacy trial of CBT. χ2 tests and one-way ANCOVA showed no observable differences between the two samples on attrition or on clinician-rated measures of anxiety and depression at posttreatment and follow-up. Moderate to large within-group effect sizes on anxiety and depression were found for Black, Latinx, and Asian American participants at almost all time points. These preliminary findings suggest that CBT for anxiety and comorbid depression may be efficacious for Black, Asian American, and Latinx individuals.
KW - People of color
KW - cognitive behavioral therapy
KW - ethnicity
KW - race
KW - treatment outcomes
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U2 - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001692
DO - 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001692
M3 - Article
C2 - 37432031
AN - SCOPUS:85168513237
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 211
SP - 711
EP - 720
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 9
ER -