Cognitive behavioural therapy for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 10, 2018, Pages

  James, Anthony C ^a,b   Reardon, Tessa ^c   Soler, Angela ^b   James, Georgina ^d   Creswell, Cathy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85055857862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD013162     Document Type: Review

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