Does the Anxiety Project Work?
The official results speak for themselves. Testing Specified by The National Health Service (NHS).
In an NHS-specified trial, The Charles Linden's anxiety recovery method proved highly effective in reducing anxiety. Psychologist Martin Jensen’s analysis showed participants’ anxiety levels dropped from 18.24 (severe) to 2.84 (normal), demonstrating the program’s remarkable impact. This independent trial highlights the method as a powerful, non-clinical solution for anxiety recovery. Below, read testimonials from participants whose lives were transformed by the program.
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RESULTS PRECIS: How Effective is Anxiety Recovery Method? Reduction in anxiety from 18.24 out of 21 to 2.84.
The Linden Method has been shown to return anxiety disorder sufferers to normal levels of anxiety. Average incoming anxiety level 18.24 out of 21 (Severe) – Average post program score 2.84 (Normal)The following report has been compiled having completed an independent efficacy trial.
NB: As part of a piece of work we were doing for patient recovery at an NHS PCT, the management specified this test of the efficacy of our program.
As our program is guided self-help and not psychological or clinical in nature, the test was specified to determine the pre-process and outcomes of a body of people suffering with anxiety conditions. The NHS preferred testing as a data gathering model as it is impossible to gauge or ensure compliance or to carry out a traditional trial on an educational process.
Introduction to the Testing
The Linden Method is a structured Psycho-educational Program for the treatment of anxiety conditions including, Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Anxiety Disorder related Low Mood.
Although The Linden Method was not developed to treat other disorders, patients with depressive disorder and CFS/ME have experienced significant improvements and indeed, full recovery whilst using The Method.
No data exists for the curative efficacy of talking therapies in the The present study was carried out, in order to investigate the efficacy of the Linden Method, in a cohort of clients, who had followed the structured programme to treat their anxiety disorders. of anxiety disorders.
It was predicted, that participants would exhibit significantly less anxiety distress, as measured with the GAD-7, than before initiation of the Method
The present study was conducted among clients of The Linden Method. Participants were contacted by The Linden Method specialists, who are BACP and LAR registered counselling psychotherapists and asked to participate in the study to assess the efficacy of the method in reducing or eliminating anxiety disorders.
These participants were selected based on the knowledge that they complied with the method’s directives, rules and principles.Just as any other study involving a demonstrable effect of an intervention, it is important that people adhere to the treatment regimen.
As specified by the NHS, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7) was implemented (Spitzer et al. 2006). GAD-7 is a self-report measure used for screening and measuring the severity of generalized anxiety. The measure has seven items, which measure the severity of various signs of generalized anxiety disorder. One such item example is: “Prior to doing the Linden Method, how often have you been bothered by the following problems?” Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge? Participants were asked to respond with the following (not at all = 0, infrequent = 1, frequently = 2, constantly = 3). Assessment is indicated by the total score, which is made up by adding together the scores for the seven items of the scale.According to the GAD-7, there are four categories or anxiety levels, ranging from minimal anxiety (score 0 – 4), mild anxiety (5 – 9), moderate anxiety (10 – 14) and severe anxiety (15 – 21).As the aim was to assess the efficacy of the Linden Method, participants filled in the assessment of their anxiety levels, both at pre- and post treatment. This was done retrospectively, i.e. both assessments were done post-treatment.
Analysis
Data were analysed using the IBM SPSS Statistics software package at Copenhagen University. In order to test the hypothesis, that the Linden Method would result in a significant decrease in anxiety severity, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test was chosen to analyse the data.
As the data in the analysis are ordinal, and thus non-parametric, the test is ideal when comparing two related samples, to assess whether their population mean ranks differ. It is comparable to a Student’s t-test, but used when the population cannot be assumed to be normally distributed.
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Results
The mean pre- and post-treatment scores for participants in the study were 18,28 and 2,84 respectively. This indicates that a large percentage of participants had severe anxiety problems before entering the treatment programme. In contrast, post-treatment results indicate, that for the majority of participants, anxiety no longer presented as a major issue in their day-to-day life.
From the frequency distributions above, it is interesting to note, that a large proportion of participants pre-treatment, had a score on the GAD-7 inventory >18, corresponding to severe anxiety, whereas post-treatment a large proportion of participants fell in the category of minimal anxiety problems (score
Discussion
The Linden Method is designed to help anxiety sufferers completely eliminate their symptoms, and go on to live healthy and productive lives. The current study set out to assess, whether using the structured anxiety elimination programme offered by the Linden Method, would result in a significant improvement in the quality of life for the affected individuals.
The prediction of the study was, that following The Linden Method, would result in significant reduction in anxiety distress, corresponding to a decrease in the total score on the GAD-7. This hypothesis was confirmed. Participants, many of whom reported severe anxiety symptoms pre-treatment, improved significantly using the Linden Method programme for anxiety elimination.
A word of caution. The results indicate that people have returned to a baseline or an appropriate level of fear response, not unlike the normal population.
Therefore, based on the data, The Linden Method appears to be a viable, relevant and recommendable alternative to other therapies used for treating severe and at times disabling anxiety conditions.
References:Spitzer R.L., Kroenke K., Williams J.B. and Löwe, B. (2006). A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7. Archives of Internal Medicine, 22 (10), pp. 1092-1097.
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