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Chinese Taoist Cognitive Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Contemporary China

Yalin Zhang

Derson Young

Central South University, China

Sing Lee

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Honggen Zhang

Central South University, China

Zeping Xiao

Shanghai Mental Health Center, China

Wei Hao

Central South University, China

Yongmin Feng

Ninbo Kangnin Hospital, China

Hongxiang Zhou

Daqin Psychiatric Center, China

Doris F. Chang

Harvard University

Chinese Taoist cognitive psychotherapy (CTCP) combines elements of cognitive therapy and Taoist philosophy. Empirical evidence of its efficacy and mechanisms of action is lacking. This study compared the efficacy of CTCP, benzodiazepines (BDZ), and combined treatment in Chinese patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). In total, 143 patients with GAD were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: CTCP only, BDZ only, or combined CTCP and BDZ treatment. Patients were evaluated at intake, and re-examined one and six months after treatment. The results indicated that BDZ treatment rapidly reduced symptoms of GAD at one month, but its effect was lost at six months. CTCP reduced symptoms more slowly and its effect was significant after six months of treatment. Combined treatment led to acute, as well as enduring, symptom reduction. Unlike BDZ treatment, CTCP reduced type A behavior, improved coping style, and decreased neuroticism. It is concluded that CTCP with or without BDZ treatment is a more effective, although slower, method for the treatment of GAD than BDZ for GAD patients in urban China.

Key Words: anxiety • China • Chinese • psychotherapy • Taoist

Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 39, No. 1, 115-129 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/136346150203900105
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