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Group CBT most effective anxiety treatment
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30363
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , clinical psychology , cognitive behavioral therapy , psychotherapist , randomized controlled trial , group psychotherapy , cognition , psychiatry , medicine
Group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) was the only significantly effective psychotherapy in reducing anxiety symptoms post‐treatment and at short‐term follow‐up, a network meta‐analysis of trials for children and adolescents has found. If replicated, the study may mean that group CBT is the first choice of treatment for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.