Telephone-Based Care Management Program for Individuals With Anxiety Disorders

Participants assigned to the telephone-based program will have a choice of what type of treatment they will receive. The choices will include pharmacotherapy, workbook training designed to help participants improve their coping skills, referral to a community mental health specialist, or some combination of these treatments. Participants will receive telephone calls one to two times every month for 12 months. During the calls, participants will be asked about their attitude toward and adherence to their treatment regimen. They will also be asked about recent episodes of anxiety they have experienced and what coping techniques they have used.

Usual care may include one or more of several different treatments such as pharmacotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy; the treatments will be chosen by participants' physicians and will be delivered for 12 months.