[Neuroimaging results of cognitive-behavioural therapy of anxiety disorders]

Psychiatr Pol. 2011 Nov-Dec;45(6):911-22.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Numerous studies have confirmed the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy in anxiety disorders. One of the main research aims presently is to analyze the relation between decrease of symptoms' severity due to therapy and changes on a cerebral level. The increasing number of investigations concerns neurobiological correlates of anxiety disorders and an influence of cognitive-behavioral therapy on brain structures' activity. The present paper provides a review of the above-mentioned issues relevant articles.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anxiety Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Anxiety Disorders / therapy*
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain Mapping / methods*
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / methods*
  • Diagnostic Imaging / methods
  • Humans
  • Neuroimaging / methods
  • Treatment Outcome