Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment of Musical Performance Anxiety

Musical performance anxiety as a form of social anxiety?

The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationship between social anxiety and musical performance anxiety (MPA). Previous literature has reported mixed results concerning correlations between social anxiety and MPA. To better describe overlapping and unique features in comparison with social anxiety disorder may introduce new options for treatment. The aim of the current study was...

Treatment of anxiety from musical obsessions with a cognitive behaviour therapy tool.

Musical obsessions and hallucinations are disturbing experiences of repeating internal music. Antipsychotic medication can sometimes reduce these symptoms but can also trigger or augment them. We report the case of a female patient with schizophrenia with drug-resistant obsessive musical hallucinations. The patient volunteered to participate in a 9-month pilot study to follow the development of...

Treatment of child anxiety disorders via guided parent-delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy: randomised controlled trial.

BACKGROUND Promising evidence has emerged of clinical gains using guided self-help cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for child anxiety and by involving parents in treatment; however, the efficacy of guided parent-delivered CBT has not been systematically evaluated in UK primary and secondary settings. AIMS To evaluate the efficacy of low-intensity guided parent-delivered CBT treatments for ...

Therapeutic alliance in guided internet-delivered cognitive behavioural treatment of depression, generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder.

Guided internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy (ICBT) has been found to be effective in several controlled trials, but the mechanisms of change are largely unknown. Therapeutic alliance is a factor that has been studied in many psychotherapy trials, but the role of therapeutic alliance in ICBT is less well known. The present study investigated early alliance ratings in three separate sam...

Individually tailored internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders