Does cognitive behavioral therapy for youth anxiety outperform usual care in community clinics? An initial effectiveness test.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Most tests of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for youth anxiety disorders have shown beneficial effects, but these have been efficacy trials with recruited youths treated by researcher-employed therapists. One previous (nonrandomized) trial in community clinics found that CBT did not outperform usual care (UC). The present study used a more stringent effectiveness design to test CBT versus UC in youths referred to community clinics, with all treatment provided by therapists employed in the clinics.

Method

A randomized controlled trial methodology was used. Therapists were randomized to training and supervision in the Coping Cat CBT program or UC. Forty-eight youths (56% girls, 8 to 15 years of age, 38% Caucasian, 33% Latino, 15% African-American) diagnosed with

SUBMITTER: Southam-Gerow MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2945382 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature