Effects of psychotherapy for anxiety in children and adolescents: A meta-analytic review

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 251-262

  Reynolds, Shirley ^a,b   Wilson, Charlotte ^a   Austin, Joanne ^a   Hooper, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Children and adolescents; Metaanalysis; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FAMILY THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84860261758     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.01.005     Document Type: Review

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