Cognitive-behavioural therapy for anxiety in dementia: pilot randomised controlled trial

Aimee Spector1, Georgina Charlesworth1, Michael King1

  • 1Aimee Spector, PhD, DClinPsy, Georgina Charlesworth, ClinPsyD, PhD, Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London; Michael King, MD, PhD, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London; Miles Lattimer, BSc, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Goodmayes Hospital, Ilford; Susan Sadek, ClinPsyD, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich; Louise Marston, PhD, Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London; Amritpal Rehill, BSc, Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science, London; Juanita Hoe, RMN, PhD, Department of Mental Health Sciences, University College London, London; Afifa Qazi, MBBS, MRCPsych, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Goodmayes Hospital, Ilford; Martin Knapp, PhD, Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science, London; Martin Orrell, PhD, Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK.

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