Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Early Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders and Clinical Anxiety: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-19

  Wood, Jeffrey J ^a   Ehrenreich May, Jill ^b   Alessandri, Michael ^b   Fujii, Cori ^a   Renno, Patricia ^a   Laugeson, Elizabeth ^a   Piacentini, John C ^a   De Nadai, Alessandro S ^c   Arnold, Elysse ^c   Lewin, Adam B ^c   Murphy, Tanya K ^c   Storch, Eric A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Autism spectrum disorders; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Parent training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PEDIATRIC ANXIETY RATING SCALE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REMISSION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84919651154     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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