Long-Term Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Routine Outpatient Care for Youth with Anxiety Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study examined the long-term effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) (≥ 2 years after the end of therapy) in the routine care of youth (mean 11.95 years; SD = 3.04 years) with primary anxiety disorder (AD).

Methods

Two hundred and ten children with any AD as a primary diagnosis and with any comorbidity were included in the "Kids Beating Anxiety (KibA)" clinical trial and received evidence-based CBT. Diagnoses, severity of diagnoses, and further dimensional outcome variables of symptoms and functioning were assessed before (baseline), after the last treatment session (POST), and at two follow-up (FU) assessments in the child and caregiver report: 6 months (6MONTHS-FU) and >2 years (mean 4.31; SD = 1.07 years) after the last treatment session (

SUBMITTER: Krause K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11151973 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature