The Unified Protocol for the Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Spanish Public Mental Health System

Launched by UNIVERSITAT JAUME I · Feb 22, 2017

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ClinConnect Summary

Emotional disorders (EDs; i.e., depressive and anxiety disorders) have become the most prevalent psychiatric disorders globally. The 12-month prevalence of anxiety and depressive disorders affect 14% and 7.8% (6.9% by major depression) of the population, respectively, and comordibity may be as high as 50%. Lifetime prevalence rates in primary care settings in Spain reveal that mood and anxiety disorders, as defined in the DSM-IV-TR, are the most prevalent psychiatric problems as well, with 35.8% and 25.6%, respectively.

As a result of their high prevalence in the population, emotional diso...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Anxiety or mood disorder is the main diagnosis
• • The patient is over 18 years of age
• • The patient is fluent in the language in which the therapy is performed (Spanish in the present study)
• • The patient is able to attend to the evaluation and treatment sessions
• • The patient signs the informed consent form
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • The patient presents a severe mental disorder (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or an organic mental disorder) or there is suicide risk at the time of assessment
• • The patient has used substances in the last three months (excluding cannabis, coffee, and / or nicotine)
• • The patient has previously received 8 or more sessions of psychological treatment with clear and identifiable CBT principles