A Meta-Analysis of Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the Treatment of Child and Young Person Anxiety Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous meta-analyses of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for children and young people with anxiety disorders have not considered the efficacy of transdiagnostic CBT for the remission of childhood anxiety.

Aim

To provide a meta-analysis on the efficacy of transdiagnostic CBT for children and young people with anxiety disorders.

Methods

The analysis included randomized controlled trials using transdiagnostic CBT for children and young people formally diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. An electronic search was conducted using the following databases: ASSIA, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, Current Controlled Trials, Medline, PsycArticles, PsychInfo, and Web of Knowledge. The search terms included "anxiety disorder(s)", "anxi*", "cognitive behavio*,

SUBMITTER: Ewing DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4169709 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature