EFFECTIVENESS OF SHORT-TERM PSYCHOTHERAPY IN ANXIETY DISORDERS TREATMENT

Abstract

To determine the most effective type of psychotherapy for depressive and anxiety disorders, the article analyses the productivity of different psychotherapeutic approaches to psychological assistance. A review of the results of meta-analyses for client-centered psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy is made. Described and analysed the most common approaches to psychotherapy of anxiety spectrum disorders through the use of combination therapy in line with cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal psychotherapy. A tendency towards further integration of approaches based on the methodological basis of cognitive-behavioral therapy is noted.