Treatment of child anxiety disorders via guided parent-delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy: Randomised controlled trial

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 436-444

  Thirlwall, Kerstin ^a   Cooper, Peter J ^a,b   Karalus, Jessica ^a   Voysey, Merryn ^c   Willetts, Lucy ^a   Creswell, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDERS INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ANXIETY IMPACT SCALE PARENT VERSION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GUIDED PARENT DELIVERED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PHOBIA; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SHORT MOODS AND FEELINGS QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPECIFIC PHOBIA; SPENCE CHILDREN ANXIETY SCALE CHILD PARENT VERSION; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPSYCHIATRY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARENTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84890261772     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.126698     Document Type: Article

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