Project ID: 682
| Description | The FACTOID study is examining how acceptable and feasible it is to develop a new form of talking therapy for older people with generalised anxiety disorder or chronic worrying that has not responded well to treatment. It will be based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which is a form of talking therapy that helps people to learn new ways of handling distressing thoughts and feelings. It also helps people to develop ways of taking part in activities that are important and meaningful to them. |
| Topics | Medical and Health |
| Type | External research (U3A as research subjects) |
| U3A | Barnet U3A Dulwich & District U3A |
| Organization/partner | University College London, Division of Psychiatry |
| Year started | 2017 |
| Source of reference | Request to U3A from researcher Reported in National U3A Newsletter Dec.2017 |