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Effective psychological treatments for anxiety disorders2008 Annual British Academy/British Psychological Society Annual LectureThe 2008 annual British Academy/British Psycholgoical Society lecture was given by Professor David Clark FBA FMedSci of the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London on 17 October. The subject of the lecture was 'Effective psychological treatments for anxiety disorders: science, policy and economics'.
Abstract: Anxiety disorders are common and disabling. Government, clinicians and sufferers are starting to look to psychological research for a solution. Professor Clark started by describing and illustrating a cognitive science approach to developing new and effective psychological treatments. Excessively negative beliefs about the dangerousness of certain situations and/or internal states (thoughts, images, body sensations) lie at the heart of anxiety disorders. Cognitive therapy focuses on changing such beliefs and the factors that maintain them. Trials have established that cognitive therapy is highly effective. However, it is often not available. Professor Clark outlined the economic and clinical arguments for increasing the availability of cognitive therapy and other effective psychological treatments within the NHS. Ways of overcoming obstacles to disseminating therapy were discussed, with a particular emphasis on the Government’s new "Improving Access to Psychological Therapies" initiative.
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