The Effectiveness of CBT on Panic Disorders in People from Different Age Intervals

Abstract

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a common way to treat the mental disorders, such as anxiety disorder and depression. This article focuses on how different formats of CBT differs from each other and how effective CBT is to treat panic disorders in people from different age intervals. As the development of the technology, remote CBT turns out to have no significant difference with offline ones. Whether delivered as self-guided or face-to-face is also unimportant. Thus, these factors do not have an impact on the research to effectiveness of CBT while treating panic disorders. The result shows that for both teenagers and the older adults, CBT can have a positive impact on declining panic symptoms. However, limitations are also obvious, and are mentioned in the article. In both fields, research is still inadequate. There is a lack of studies with large sample sizes, and therefore insufficient sample diversity. For teenagers, parents' effect and the peers in the surrounding should also be taken in to account. For late-life adults, their mental health can also be affected by the social connections and the care from offsprings. There are also no specific studies on the effectiveness of remote CBT in older adults. These are the directions for future research.