Investigation of the effectiveness of group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for comorbid anxiety and depression in older adults

该项目旨在研究群体认知行为疗法治疗老年人共存的焦虑和抑郁的有效性。这个项目是独一无二的，因为迄今为止的研究只集中在抑郁症或焦虑症的治疗上，尽管这些疾病有很大的重叠，并且有证据表明这些疾病的共存与更糟糕的结果有关，例如痴呆症的风险增加，更严重的抑郁症和自杀。

This project examines the effectiveness of group cognitive behaviour therapy for the treatment of co-existing anxiety and depression in older adults. This project is unique because research to date has only focused on treatment of depression or anxiety, despite large overlap of these disorders and evidence that the co-existence of these disorders is associated with worse outcomes such as increased risk for dementia, more severe depression and suicide.