SynthesisBehavioural and cognitive psychotherapy2015
A Meta-Analysis of Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the Treatment of Child and Young Person Anxiety Disorders.
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- Pooled it
- Impact of Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders on Global and Domain-Specific Functioning: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2022Pooled it
- Cognitive-behavioural therapy for a variety of conditions: an overview of systematic reviews and panoramic meta-analysis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Pooled it
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- Low intensity treatment for clinically anxious youth: a randomised controlled comparison against face-to-face intervention.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2021Trial
- Evaluating the efficacy of psychological therapies for generalised anxiety disorder in children and adolescents: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Preliminary efficacy of a transdiagnostic parent-led internet-delivered intervention for children with anxiety and depressive symptoms: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- The effects of a Journey of the Brave Counseling Program on anxiety, well-being, and life adjustment in Taiwanese children.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- How did the Treatment Work for Robin? And for Dylan? Studying Individual Youth Treatment Mediators Using Single-Case Experimental Designs.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Review
- Effectiveness of Group CBT on Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Children with Mixed Psychiatric Disorders.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Youth Metacognitive Therapy (YoMeta): protocol for a single-blind randomised feasibility trial of a transdiagnostic intervention versus treatment as usual in 11-16-year-olds with common mental health problems.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022Article
- The Cool Kids as a School-Based Universal Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Anxiety: Results of a Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Youth Online Diagnostic Assessment (YODA): Validity of a New Tool to Assess Anxiety Disorders in Youth.Child psychiatry and human development · 2021Article
- Family-Centered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety in Very Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2020Article
- Effects of Age and Gender in Emotion Regulation of Children and Adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Modeling the Relationships Between Metacognitive Beliefs, Attention Control and Symptoms in Children With and Without Anxiety Disorders: A Test of the S-REF Model.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety Disorders: a Review of Recent Advances.Current psychiatry reports · 2018Review
- Anxiety Disorders Among Children and Adolescents.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2016Article
- Bibliography: Psychiatric Treatment of Children and Adolescents.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2016Article
- Outpatient Treatment of Tic Disorders Among Children and Adults.Movement disorders clinical practiceArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious meta-analyses of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for children and young people with anxiety disorders have not considered the efficacy of transdiagnostic CBT for the remission of childhood anxiety.
aimTo provide a meta-analysis on the efficacy of transdiagnostic CBT for children and young people with anxiety disorders.
methodsThe analysis included randomized controlled trials using transdiagnostic CBT for children and young people formally diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. An electronic search was conducted using the following databases: ASSIA, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Current Controlled Trials, Medline, PsycArticles, PsychInfo, and Web of Knowledge. The search terms included "anxiety disorder(s)", "anxi*", "cognitive behavio*, "CBT", "child*", "children", "paediatric", "adolescent(s)", "adolescence", "youth" and "young pe*". The studies identified from this search were screened against the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and 20 studies were identified as appropriate for inclusion in the current meta-analysis. Pre- and posttreatment (or control period) data were used for analysis.
resultsFindings indicated significantly greater odds of anxiety remission from pre- to posttreatment for those engaged in the transdiagnostic CBT intervention compared with those in the control group, with children in the treatment condition 9.15 times more likely to recover from their anxiety diagnosis than children in the control group. Risk of bias was not correlated with study effect sizes.
conclusionsTransdiagnostic CBT seems effective in reducing symptoms of anxiety in children and young people. Further research is required to investigate the efficacy of CBT for children under the age of 6.
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