Parent-led anxiety treatment could improve children's lives, study finds

Chris Engel 8/22/135:51 PM

"A new study by the University of Reading has found that delivering Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) via parents could be an efficient and effective way of treating childhood anxiety disorders.

"The study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, concerned the treatment of anxious children aged 7-12. Over an eight week period parents received brief weekly sessions of guidance in using CBT principles to help their child. Compared to a group who had not received any treatment, these children were three times more likely to have recovered from their anxiety...."

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-08-parent-led-anxiety-treatment-children.html

Thirwall, et al. (2013). "The treatment of child anxiety disorders via guided parent-delivered CBT: A randomised controlled trial." British Journal of Psychiatry.

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