Early indicators of response to transdiagnostic treatment of pediatric anxiety and depression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pediatric anxiety and depression are prevalent, impairing, and highly comorbid. Available evidence-based treatments have an average response rate of 60%. One path to increasing response may be to identify likely non-responders midway through treatment to adjust course prior to completing an episode of care. The aims of this study, thus, were to identify predictors of post-intervention response assessing (a) mid-treatment symptom severity, (b) session-by-session treatment process factors, and (c) a model optimizing the combination of these.

Method

Data were drawn from the treatment arm (N = 95, ages 8-16) of a randomized transdiagnostic intervention trial (M_sessions  = 11.2). Mid-point measures of youth- and parent-reported anxiety and depression were co

SUBMITTER: Goger P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10841059 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature