Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for anxious children and adolescents: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Swain, Jessica ^a,b   Hancock, Karen ^b   Dixon, Angela ^b   Koo, Siew ^b   Bowman, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT); Adolescents; Anxiety; Anxiety disorders; Children; Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT); Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; STUDY DESIGN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878175137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-140     Document Type: Article

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