The impact of treatment delivery format on response to cognitive behaviour therapy for preadolescent children with anxiety disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several delivery formats of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for child anxiety have been proposed, however, there is little consensus on the optimal delivery format. The primary goal of this study was to investigate the impact of the child's primary anxiety diagnosis on changes in clinical severity (of the primary problem) during individual CBT, group CBT and guided parent-led CBT. The secondary goal was to investigate the impact of the child's primary anxiety diagnosis on rates of remission for the three treatment formats.

Methods

A sample of 1,253 children (5-12 years; Mage = 9.3, SD = 1.7) was pooled from CBT trials carried out at 10 sites. Children had a primary diagnosis of generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety disorder (SoAD), specific phobia (

SUBMITTER: McKinnon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6055633 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature