TY - JOUR T1 - Telephone-based collaborative care is an effective approach for treating anxiety in primary care patients JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs DO - 10.1136/eb-2017-102709 SP - ebnurs-2017-102709 AU - Robyn L Shepardson Y1 - 2017/10/26 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2017/10/26/eb-2017-102709.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Rollman BL, Belnap BH, Mazumdar S, et al. Telephone-delivered stepped collaborative care for treating anxiety in primary care: a randomized controlled trial. J Gen Intern Med 2017;32:245–55.Telephone-based stepped collaborative care yields lasting improvements in anxiety and mood for primary care patients with generalised anxiety disorder and/or panic disorder.Research is needed to determine which collaborative care intervention components are most beneficial to which subgroups of patients.Collaborative care (CC) or care management involves longitudinal monitoring plus pharmacological and/or behavioural interventions based on evidence-based, stepped care treatment protocols.1 CC is delivered by a care manager (often a registered nurse) working in close collaboration with a primary care provider (PCP) and mental health specialist (often a psychiatrist). Whereas CC for depression in primary care has strong empirical support, CC for anxiety has not been studied extensively.1 CC interventions for anxiety would help address the high … ER -