Are the Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents as Effective for OCD as for Anxiety and Depression?

Lauren Milgram, Madison E Bigler, Elizabeth R Halliday, Kiara R Timpano, Jill Ehrenreich-May

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Article in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

Symptom Networks, Developmental Pathways, and Intervention Evidence for Co-occurring Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026
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Advancing in Personalization of Psychological, Indicated Preventive Interventions: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Adolescents at High-Risk of Developing Emotional Disorders.Child psychiatry and human development · 2026
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A waitlist randomised control trial of the unified protocol for the treatment of emotional disorders in children and adolescents with chronic medical conditions (The UP-CAM Study): protocol paper.BMC psychology · 2025
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Pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder as a developmental disorder of cognitive-emotional control: a transdiagnostic and family-integrated perspective.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025
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Lauren MilgramDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5252-6803

Madison E BiglerDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-4123-198X

Elizabeth R HallidayDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA.

Kiara R TimpanoDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA.

Jill Ehrenreich-MayDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA.

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anxietycognitive behavioral therapydepressionOCDtransdiagnosticunified protocolyouth

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PMID40310216

DOI10.3390/children12040529

PMCPMC12026310

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