An anxiety management group: strengths and pitfalls

Turk, Vicky; Francis, Elizabeth

doi:10.1111/j.1468-3156.1990.tb00583.x

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“…Turk & Francis (1990) aimed to address the dearth in the literature by devising an anxiety management group which was adapted from a cognitive behavioural anxiety management group for people without a learning disability. Although results were mixed, Turk & Francis (1990) concluded that it is possible to utilize the essential principles of cognitive behaviour therapy with adults with a mild or moderate learning disability. However, the authors acknowledged that the course was not long enough for individuals to generalize skills and that information presented without any memory aids was rapidly forgotten.…”

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Experiences of running an anxiety management group for people with a learning disability using a cognitive behavioural intervention

Douglass¹,

Palmer²,

O'Connor³

2007

Br J Learning Disab

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Accessible summary• We ran a group for 6 people with a learning disability who worry a lot. The group last for 12 weeks and each person in the group brought someone with them. • People said they found the group helpful. People said they learnt ways to cope when they get worried. • This research will help staff to think about how they can help people who worry a lot. More research is needed to find out which bits of the group were most helpful. SummaryAn anxiety management group utilizing a cognitive behavioural intervention, of 12 weeks duration, for six people with mild to moderate learning disabilities is described. A number of techniques to assist in developing clients' understanding of their anxiety, cognitive and behavioural coping strategies and maximizing generalizability of skills learnt were implemented. Outcome measures demonstrated that two participants showed a clinically significant reduction in anxiety levels. Qualitative feedback from both participants and carers suggested that all group members developed coping strategies. Measures also indicated that carers demonstrated a better understanding of the individual's difficulties and were able to support them more effectively. Adopting a cognitive behavioural approach proved valuable and recommendations for future interventions are made.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experiences of running an anxiety management group for people with a learning disability using a cognitive behavioural intervention

Douglass¹,

Palmer²,

O'Connor³

2007

Br J Learning Disab

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“…Also that adjustments to anxiety management techniques using the principles of CBT can be effective when running psychoeducational groups for people with mild or moderate intellectual disabilities (Turk and Francis, 1990;Douglass et al, 2007). Positive outcomes include improvements in abdominal breathing techniques (Turk and Francis, 1990), new coping strategies, and in some cases, clinical reduction in anxiety levels (Douglass et al, 2007).…”

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LIFT psychology primary care group for people with intellectual disabilities: can IAPT adapt?

Kirk

Sehmi

Hazeldine

et al. 2013

Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

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Purpose – There is a move to make primary care models of mental health care more accessible to people with intellectual disabilities (IAPT, 2009) but little evidence of their ability of services to make the necessary reasonable adjustments or their effectiveness (Dodd et al., 2011). The purpose of this paper is to describe a pilot project to evaluate an anxiety management group co-facilitated by Least Intervention First Time (LIFT) Psychology and Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities (CTPLD) services. Design/methodology/approach – Five people attended a nine-week anxiety management group, adapted from a course offered by LIFT services. The Glasgow Anxiety Scale (GAS-ID) and a skills and knowledge assessment were completed pre-group, post-group and follow-up to evaluate outcome and consider the ability of LIFT to make reasonable adjustments to deliver effective services for people with intellectual disabilities. Findings – Participants showed no significant reduction in anxiety levels but improvements in their skills and knowledge. An evaluation of the adjustments to make the group accessible for people with intellectual disabilities identified that some were feasible if offering the group on a long-term basis, and others were not. The viability of future groups is considered. Originality/value – The paper looks at the viability of making reasonable adjustments to psychoeducational groups within Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services to better meet the needs of people with intellectual disabilities, an area of limited research. It raises dilemmas and considerations for the future development of such services.

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