Brief, intensive and concentrated cognitive behavioral treatments for anxiety disorders in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2017, Pages 134-145

  Öst, Lars Göran ^a,b   Ollendick, Thomas H ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Children; Cognitive behavioral treatment; Meta analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONVALESCENCE; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; SHORT TERM PSYCHOTHERAPY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF;

EID: 85026466068     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2017.07.008     Document Type: Article

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