Trial reportJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2018
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for youth anxiety: An effectiveness evaluation in community practice.
Trial report in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00735995 (Effectiveness of Group and Individual Treatment of Childhood Anxiety Disorders in Community Clinics. A Randomized Controlled Trial.), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Effectiveness of Group and Individual Treatment of Childhood Anxiety Disorders in Community Clinics. A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Psychotherapy for Internalising Symptoms in Children and Adolescents When Delivered in Routine Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Pooled it
- Are young people with primary social anxiety disorder less likely to recover following generic CBT compared to young people with other primary anxiety disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy · 2021Pooled it
- Individual vs. Group Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
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- Exploring the Mechanisms in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anxious Children: Does Change in Emotion Regulation Explain Treatment Effect?Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Trial
- Long-term effectiveness and trajectories of change after treatment with SMART, a transdiagnostic CBT for adolescents with emotional problems.BMC psychology · 2022Trial
- Using a Smartphone App and Clinician Portal to Enhance Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety Disorders.Behavior therapy · 2020Trial
- Moving Beyond Moderation to Identify Differential Treatment Effects of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Childhood Anxiety: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Review
- Functional connectivity during positive mood and anxiety treatment response in children.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Article
- Exploring How Effective, Acceptable, and Practical a CBT-Sensory Modulation Approach Is for Supporting Children Aged 4-7 Experiencing Anxiety.Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, Inc · 2026Article
- Evaluating the efficacy of psychological therapies for generalised anxiety disorder in children and adolescents: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Reliability and Validity of the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children and Adolescents in Japan.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Practice-based research examining effectiveness of exposure-based CBT for youth in a community mental health setting.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2025Article
- Using Machine Learning to Predict Treatment Outcome in a Concatenated Dataset of Youth Anxiety Treatments.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy App, Resting State Functional Connectivity, and Anxiety.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Transition Readiness Among Youth Accessing Mental Health Services With Physical Health Co-Morbidities.Child: care, health and development · 2024Article
- Trends, advances and directions in cognitive-behavioral therapy for adolescent anxiety.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2024Article
- Impact of youth and caregiver worries about treatment on therapeutic process factors and posttreatment outcomes.Journal of anxiety disorders · 2023Article
- Adapting CBT for youth anxiety: Flexibility, within fidelity, in different settings.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
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5 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the effectiveness of individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (ICBT) and group CBT (GCBT) for referred children with anxiety disorders within community mental health clinics.
methodChildren (N = 165; ages 7-13 years) referred to 5 clinics in Norway because of primary separation anxiety disorder (SAD), social anxiety disorder (SOC), or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text rev.) criteria participated in a randomized clinical trial. Participants were randomized to ICBT, GCBT, or wait list (WL). WL participants were randomized to 1 of the 2 active treatment conditions following the wait period. Primary outcome was loss of principal anxiety disorder over 12 weeks and 2-year follow-up.
resultsBoth ICBT and GCBT were superior to WL on all outcomes. In the intent-to-treat analysis, 52% in ICBT, 65% in GCBT, and 14% in WL were treatment responders. Planned pairwise comparisons found no significant differences between ICBT and GCBT. GCBT was superior to ICBT for children diagnosed with SOC. Improvement continued during 2-year follow-up with no significant between-groups differences.
conclusionsAmong anxiety disordered children, both individual and group CBT can be effectively delivered in community clinics. Response rates were similar to those reported in efficacy trials. Although GCBT was more effective than ICBT for children with SOC following treatment, both treatments were comparable at 2-year follow-up. Dropout rates were lower in GCBT than in ICBT, suggesting that GCBT may be better tolerated. Response rates continued to improve over the follow-up period, with low rates of relapse. (PsycINFO Database Record
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