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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Psychiatry. 2011 Feb 22;72(7):970–976. doi: 10.4088/JCP.09m05626blu

Table 2.

Indicators of Quality of Care for Anxiety

Any Anxiety Disorder (N=1004) Panic Disorder (N=475) Social Anxiety Disorder (N=405) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (N=181) Generalized Anxiety Disorder (N=756)
Any psychotropic 63.3% 66.7% 65.4% 62.4% 61.9%
Any appropriate anti- anxiety medication 57.4% 60.2% 59.3% 57.5% 56.5%
Any appropriate anti- anxiety medication at adequate dose 46.3% 47.4% 44.5% 48.0% 46.3%
Any appropriate anti- anxiety medication at adequate dose for 2+ months* 29.1% 28.1% 30.2% 34.4% 29.3%
Any counseling 92.9% 94.1% 93.9% 92.2% 93.5%
Counseling with at least 1 CBT element 46.3% 50.1% 46.2% 50.8% 47.9%
Counseling with 3+ CBT elements** 21.2% 22.1% 21.5% 23.8% 22.8%
Counseling with 3+ CBT elements delivered consistently 4.5% 4.6% 4.0% 7.2% 4.4%

Counseling with 3+ CBT elements, or appropriate anti-anxiety medication at adequate dose for 2+ months*** 41.4% 41.8% 43.7% 50.6% 43.8%
*

Indicator of quality pharmacotherapy for anxiety

**

Indicator of quality psychotherapy for anxiety

***

Indicator of overall quality care for anxiety