This pilot study tested whether the addition of motivational interviewing (MI) prior to group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety may improve the effectiveness of the treatment. Prior to group CBT, 40 individuals with a principal diagnosis of an anxiety disorder (40% panic disorder, 25% generalized anxiety disorder, 22.5% social phobia, and 12.5% others) were randomly assigned to receive either three individual sessions of MI or were assigned to a control group that did not receive MI. The pretreatment MI group, compared to the control group, experienced significantly greater reduction in anxiety symptoms post-CBT. These results suggest that brief MI pretreatment enhances the efficacy of CBT on anxiety. A combination of MI and CBT may be particularly promising for the treatment of anxiety, with MI directed at increasing motivation and commitment to change, and CBT directed at helping the client achieve the desired changes.

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动机访谈可增强针对焦虑症的团体认知行为疗法。

这项前瞻性研究测试了在针对焦虑症的集体认知行为疗法（CBT）之前添加动机访谈（MI）是否可以提高治疗效果。在进行CBT组治疗之前，将40名主要诊断为焦虑症的人（40％恐慌症，25％的广泛性焦虑症，22.5％的社交恐惧症和其他12.5％的其他人）随机分配为接受3次单独的MI或分配给未收到MI的对照组。与对照组相比，治疗前MI组的CBT后焦虑症状明显减轻。这些结果表明，短暂的MI预处理可增强CBT对焦虑的疗效。MI和CBT结合治疗焦虑症可能特别有希望，