The PAsSA trial is a research project looking at the effectiveness of group CBT for people with Asperger syndrome and anxiety.\u00a0 The project is funded by NIHR and headed by Dr Peter Langdon at UEA.\u00a0 Dr Langdon is coordinating the four CBT groups running in Norfolk with Prof Glynis Murphy coordinating four CBT groups (each of 21 sessions) in Kent and South East London.\u00a0 Two of these groups have run at the Tizard\u00a0Centre in the evenings to fit in with participants’ working lives.\u00a0 The first one finished late last year.\u00a0 The second, led by Glynis Murphy and Nicky Wood, finished recently concluding with a trip to the Gulbenkian Theatre and some refreshments.\u00a0\u00a0Of the\u00a0two South East London groups, coordinated by Prof Murphy, one finished earlier this year and one is still running.\u00a0 All partcipants will be reassessed as their groups finish so it can be seen if the treatment has been effective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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