Effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral treatment for childhood anxiety in community clinics

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1067-1077

  Lau, Wai yee ^a   Chan, Charlotte Kwok ying ^a   Li, Johnson Ching hong ^b   Au, Terry Kit fong ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Childhood anxiety; Chinese; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Effectiveness; Efficacy; Group therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BREATHING EXERCISE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GROUP THERAPY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUTISM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOEDUCATION; SCHEDULE FOR AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957873054     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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