title: The Harvard/Brown Anxiety Research Project-Phase II (HARP-II): rationale, methods, and features of the sample at intake.
abstract: We describe the rationale, method, and intake demographic and clinical findings of the Harvard/Brown Anxiety Research Project-Phase II (HARP-II). HARP-II is the first prospective, observational, longitudinal study to describe the characteristics and course of anxiety in African American, Latino, and Non-Latino White individuals. Participants met criteria for at least one of the following disorders: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Phobia, Panic Disorder with or without Agoraphobia, Agoraphobia without history of Panic Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Initial intake data, collected between 2004 and 2011, are presented for 165 African American, 150 Latino, and 172 Non-Latino White participants. Participants evidenced substantial psychiatric comorbidity (mean number of Axis I disorders=3.4), and moderate to severe symptoms and functional impairment. HARP-II will examine clinical course, in the context of potential socio-cultural and individual moderators (e.g., discrimination, acculturation, negative affect). Results should lead to improved understanding, prognostics, and treatment of anxiety in diverse populations.
authors.affiliation: Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, United States. Risa Weisberg@brown.edu
authors.forename: Risa B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Weisberg
authors.forename: Courtney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beard
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dyck
authors.forename: Martin B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011584:Psychology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data