A randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy versus treatment as usual for adolescents with autism spectrum disorders and comorbid anxiety

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 174-181

  Storch, Eric A ^a,b,c   Lewin, Adam B ^a   Collier, Amanda B ^a   Arnold, Elysse ^a   De Nadai, Alessandro S ^a,d   Dane, Brittney F ^a   Nadeau, Joshua M ^a,b   Mutch, P Jane ^a   Murphy, Tanya K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Rogers Behavioral Health   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; anxiety; autism spectrum disorder; cognitive behavioral therapy; obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AWARENESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASES; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELECTIVE MUTISM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLEEP; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84923588197     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22332     Document Type: Article

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