scholarly journals COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR CHILDHOOD ANXIETY DISORDERS: EFFECTIVENESS OF “FEAR HUNTER PROGRAM”

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
emine sevinc sevi tok ◽  
haluk arkar ◽  
tezan bildik
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Childhood Anxiety ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Childhood Anxiety Disorders

scholarly journals Using a Smartphone App and Clinician Portal to Enhance Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety Disorders

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer S. Silk ◽  
Gede Pramana ◽  
Stefanie L. Sequeira ◽  
Oliver Lindhiem ◽  
Philip C. Kendall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Childhood Anxiety ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Smartphone App ◽  
Childhood Anxiety Disorders

scholarly journals The Relation of Severity and Comorbidity to Treatment Outcome with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety Disorders

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 683-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliette Margo Liber ◽  
Brigit M. van Widenfelt ◽  
Adelinde J. M. van der Leeden ◽  
Arnold W. Goedhart ◽  
Elisabeth M. W. J. Utens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Childhood Anxiety ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Childhood Anxiety Disorders

scholarly journals Using a Smartphone App and Clinician Portal to Enhance Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety Disorders

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Susan Silk ◽  
Gede Pramana ◽  
Stefanie Sequeira ◽  
Oliver Lindhiem ◽  
Philip C. Kendall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Childhood Anxiety ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Childhood Anxiety Disorders

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an efficacious treatment for child anxiety disorders, but 40-50% of youth do not respond fully to treatment, and time commitments for standard CBT can be prohibitive for some families and lead to long waiting lists for trained CBT therapists in the community. SmartCAT 2.0 is an adjunctive mobile health program designed to improve and shorten CBT treatment for anxiety disorders in youth by providing them with the opportunity to practice CBT skills outside of session using an interactive and gamified interface. It consists of an app and an integrated clinician portal connected to the app for secure 2-way communication with the therapist. The goal of the present study was to evaluate SmartCAT 2.0 in an open trial to establish usability, feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of brief (8 sessions) CBT combined with SmartCAT. We also explored changes in CBT skills targeted by the app. Participants were 34 youth (ages 9-14) who met DSM-5 criteria for generalized, separation, and/or social anxiety disorder. Results demonstrated strong feasibility and usability of the app/portal and high satisfaction with the intervention. Youth used the app an average of 12 times between each therapy session (M = 5.8 mins per day). At post-treatment, 67% of youth no longer met diagnostic criteria for an anxiety disorder, with this percentage increasing to 86% at two-month follow-up. Youth showed reduced symptom severity over time across raters and also improved from pre- to post-treatment in CBT skills targeted by the app, demonstrating better emotion identification and thought challenging and reductions in avoidance. Findings support the feasibility of combining brief CBT with SmartCAT. Although not a controlled trial, when benchmarked against the literature, the current findings suggest that SmartCAT may enhance the utility of brief CBT for childhood anxiety disorders. This paper is currently in press in Behavior Therapy.

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