Group therapy for anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder

Autism

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 723-732

  McConachie, Helen ^a   McLaughlin, Eleanor ^b   Grahame, Victoria ^b   Taylor, Helen ^b   Honey, Emma ^b   Tavernor, Laura ^b   Rodgers, Jacqui ^a   Freeston, Mark ^a   Hemm, Cahley ^a   Steen, Nick ^a   Le Couteur, Ann ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; autism spectrum disorder; cognitive behaviour therapy; pilot randomised trial

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDERS INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PARENT; PHOBIA; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPENCE CHILDREN ANXIETY SCALE CHILD; SPENCE CHILDREN ANXIETY SCALE PARENT; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84904599899     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361313488839     Document Type: Article

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