Interventions
anxiety
DISORDER
The tCBT intervention was provided during 12 weekly 2-hour group sessions co-led by two certified therapists. Groups generally included ten participants. The treatment protocol focused on CBT components: (1) education and self-monitoring, (2) specific cognitive restructuring, (3) graduated exposure and response prevention, and (4) generalized cognitive restructuring (i.e., focus on more general anxious style) [Participants, both in the tCBT + TAU and TAU groups, given the pragmatic design, could stop or start any new treatment during the study period, and there was no restriction on the type of treatments received (e.g., psychotherapy [including CBT], pharmacotherapy, alternative and complementary medicines). For TAU, it was possible for participants to receive no treatment for their anxiety disorder.