Sustainability of Treatment Success 5 Years after Exposure-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders
These findings highlight the sustainability and long-term public health benefits of exposure-based CBT for anxiety disorders. Most patients do not need additional treatments for mental disorders even 5 years after treatment. Nevertheless, further efforts are needed to optimize interventions for those patients who do not achieve remission or experience relapse.
Authors
- Katharina Domschke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2550-9132)
- Andre Pittig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3787-9576)
- Paul Pauli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0692-6720)
- Ingmar Heinig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7762-4327)
- Ulrike Lueken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1564-4012)
- Silvia Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0698-8411)
- Katja Koelkebeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0469-3997)
- Maike Hollandt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5052-7271)
- Andrew T. Gloster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3751-0878)
- Jan Richter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7127-6990)
- Isabelle C. Ridderbusch
- Alfons O. Hamm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3352-6231)
- J. Deckert
- Thomas Fydrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0122-2302)
- Jürgen Margraf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5207-7016)
- Benjamin Straube (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9837-0944)
- Stephan A. Goerigk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3021-0346)
- Christina Totzeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6750-9256)
- Winfried Rief (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7019-2250)
- Tilo T. J. Kircher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2514-2625)
- Yunbo Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9061-9883)
- Peter Neudeck
- Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6311-7711)
- Jürgen Hoyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1697-6732)
- Udo Dannlowski
- Volker Arolt
Institutions
- University of Hildesheim (DE)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Philipps University of Marburg (DE)
- University of Münster (DE)
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- Chemnitz University of Technology (DE)
- Universität Greifswald (DE)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (DE)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
- Hochschule Fresenius (DE)
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik (DE)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- Bethel University (US)
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000549073
- Primary Topic
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung