Anthroposophic Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Two-year prospective cohort study in Routine Outpatient settings

dc.contributor.authorHamre, Harald J.
dc.contributor.authorWitt, Claudia M.
dc.contributor.authorKienle, Gunver S.
dc.contributor.authorGlockmann, Anja
dc.contributor.authorZiegler, Renatus
dc.contributor.authorWillich, Stefan N.
dc.contributor.authorKiene, Helmut
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-23T18:58:26Z
dc.date.available2024-05-23T18:58:26Z
dc.date.digitized2019-01-11 01:19:06
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstract<p><strong>Background and Methods</strong>: Anthroposophic treatment for anxiety disorders includes special artistic and physical therapies and special medications. We conducted a prospective cohort study of 64 consecutive adult outpatients starting anthroposophic treatment for anxiety disorders under routine conditions. Main outcomes were Anxiety Severity (physician and patient ratings 0–10), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (0–100), Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, German version (CES-D, 0–60), and SF-36 Mental Component Summary.<br /><br /><strong>Results</strong>: Mean age was 42.3 years. Most frequent diagnoses were generalized anxiety disorder (44% of patients, n = 28/64) and panic disorder (39%). Median disease duration was 4.5 years. The anthroposophic treatment modalities used were medications (56% of patients), eurythmy therapy (41%), art therapy (30%), and rhythmical massage therapy (3%). Median number of eurythmy/art/massage sessions was 12, median therapy duration was 120 days.<br /><br />From baseline to six-month follow-up, all outcomes improved significantly; average improvements were: Physician-rated Anxiety Severity 3.60 points (95% confidence interval 2.97–4.22, p ? 0.001), patient-rated Anxiety Severity 3.50 (2.88–4.12, p ? 0.001), Self-rating Anxiety Scale 11.88 (7.70–16.05, p ? 0.001), CES-D 8.79 (5.61–11.98, p ? 0.001), and SF-36 Mental Component 9.53 (5.98–13.08, p ? 0.001). All improvements were maintained until last follow-up after 24 months.<br /><br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: Patients with anxiety disorders under anthroposophic treatment had long-term improvements of symptoms and quality<br />of life.<br /><br /><strong>Keywords</strong>: anthroposophy, anxiety disorders, art therapy, eurythmy therapy, prospective studies</p> <p><strong>Citation</strong>: Hamre, H. J., Witt, C. M., Kienle, G. S., Glockmann, A., Ziegler, R., Willich, S. N., &amp; Kiene, H. (2009). Anthroposophic Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Two-year Prospective Cohort Study in Routine Outpatient Settings. <em>Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry</em>, <em>2</em>, CMPsy.S2791. <a href="https://doi.org/10.4137/CMPsy.S2791" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.4137/CMPsy.S2791</a></p>
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dc.identifier.citationHamre, H. J., Witt, C. M., Kienle, G. S., Glockmann, A., Ziegler, R., Willich, S. N., & Kiene, H. (2009). Anthroposophic Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Two-year Prospective Cohort Study in Routine Outpatient Settings. Clinical Medicine Insights: Psychiatry, 2, CMPsy.S2791. https://doi.org/10.4137/CMPsy.S2791
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.4137/CMPsy.S2791
dc.identifier.externalUrl/library/2019/1/10/anthroposophic-therapy-for-anxiety-disorders
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14430/607
dc.subject.otheranxiety disorders
dc.subject.otherArt therapy
dc.subject.otherEurythmy therapy
dc.titleAnthroposophic Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: A Two-year prospective cohort study in Routine Outpatient settings
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleClin Med Psychiatry
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