Cognitive behavioral therapy for 4- to 7-year-old children with anxiety disorders: A randomized clinical trial

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 498-510

  Hirshfeld Becker, Dina R ^a,b   Masek, Bruce ^a,b   Henin, Aude ^a,b   Blakely, Lauren Raezer ^a   Pollock Wurman, Rachel A ^a,b   McQuade, Julia ^a   Depetrillo, Lillian ^a   Briesch, Jacquelyn ^a   Ollendick, Thomas H ^c   Rosenbaum, Jerrold F ^a,b   Biederman, Joseph ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral inhibition; childhood anxiety disorders; cognitive behavioral therapy; preschoolers; randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT COUNSELING; PHOBIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 77955507537     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019055     Document Type: Article

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