Treating Anxiety Disorders in Inner City Schools: Results from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing CBT and Usual Care

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-19

  Ginsburg, Golda S ^a   Becker, Kimberly D ^a,b   Drazdowski, Tess K ^a,d   Tein, Jenn Yun ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Children; Cognitive behavioral treatment; School based

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856211538     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-011-9156-4     Document Type: Article

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