SynthesisEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2019
Efficacy and acceptability of psychological interventions for social anxiety disorder in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of interventions for anxiety and depression in children and young people: an umbrella review of meta-analyses.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of different interventions on anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: a systematic review and bayesian network meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Digital Mental Health Interventions for the Prevention and Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Brazilian Psychiatric Association guidelines for the treatment of social anxiety disorder.Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) · 2025Guideline
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- Cognitive-behavioural therapy for a variety of conditions: an overview of systematic reviews and panoramic meta-analysis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Pooled it
- Comparison of Disorder-Specific Group CBT and Generic Group CBT in Treating Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Trial
- Treating Childhood Social Anxiety Disorder With Virtual Environments and Serious Games: A Randomized Trial.Behavior therapy · 2021Trial
- Effects of the Super Skills for Life Program on Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Review
- Sport-related performance anxiety in young athletes: a clinical practice review.Translational pediatrics · 2025Review
- Diagnosis-Specific Group CBT Treating Social Anxiety in Adolescents: A Feasibility Study.Scandinavian journal of child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology · 2022Article
- Correlates of Quality of Life in Anxiety Disorders: Review of Recent Research.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
- Efficacy and acceptability of pharmacological, psychosocial, and brain stimulation interventions in children and adolescents with mental disorders: an umbrella review.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2021Article
- Virtual Reality-Based Psychotherapy in Social Anxiety Disorder: fMRI Study Using a Self-Referential Task.JMIR mental health · 2021Article
- Editorial: Efficacy of Psychological and Psychiatric Treatments and Potential Predictors in Social Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Preference, Knowledge, and Attitudes of Parents Toward Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Their Children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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- When fear does not serve survival: anxiety disorders viewed within a developmentally appropriate context.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2019Article
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Abstract
Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is highly prevalent and persistent in children and adolescents. However, evidence for the efficacy and acceptability of psychological interventions for SAD in children and adolescents remains unclear. Seven electronic databases (PubMed, CENTRAL, Embase, Web of Science, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and ProQuest) were searched. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared psychological interventions for SAD with control conditions in children and adolescents were included. Primary outcomes were the efficacy (mean change in anxiety symptom scores) and acceptability (dropouts for all reasons). Secondary outcomes were remission, quality of life/functional improvement, and depressive symptoms measures. Seventeen RCTs were included in this meta-analysis. Psychological interventions (including cognitive behavioral therapy and behavioral therapy) were significantly more effective than control conditions, with a standardized mean difference (SMD) of - 1.13, and remission with a risk ratio (RR) of 8.99, the number needed to treat was 3.3. There was no statistically significant difference between psychological interventions and control conditions for all-cause dropouts (RR = 1.00). Psychological interventions were superior to control conditions in improving quality of life/functioning (SMD = 0.79) and reducing depressive symptoms (SMD = - 0.39). Given considerable heterogeneity of primary efficacy outcome, a series of subgroup analyses of different variables were conducted. Psychological interventions are probably efficacious in the treatment of SAD among children and adolescents, and may markedly improve quality of life and functioning in this population. However, this finding should be interpreted with caution because of the high heterogeneity of trials and low literature quality.
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