An Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Program for Adolescents With Anxiety: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (ICBT) is a treatment approach recently developed and studied to provide frontline treatment to adolescents with anxiety disorders.

Objective

This study aimed to pilot procedures and obtain data on methodological processes and intervention satisfaction to determine the feasibility of a definitive randomized controlled trial (RCT) to test the effectiveness of a self-managed ICBT program, Breathe (Being Real, Easing Anxiety: Tools Helping Electronically), for adolescents with anxiety concerns.

Methods

This study employed a two-arm, multisite, pilot RCT. Adolescents aged 13 to 17 years with a self-identified anxiety concern were recruited online from health care settings and school-based mental health care services a

SUBMITTER: O'Connor K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7414416 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature