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Developing targeted training strategies for exposure therapy
Author(s) -
Kemp Joshua
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.30397
Subject(s) - anxiety , excellence , psychiatry , exposure therapy , mental health , front line , psychology , clinical psychology , cognitive behavioral therapy , medicine , political science , law
Anxiety disorders are among the most common early mental health problems. If left untreated, anxiety disorders in childhood tend to follow an unremitting pattern that can lead to a number of developmental consequences. There are several treatment options for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders, but the approach with the strongest empirical support is exposure‐based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). In fact, it is recommended as the front‐line treatment for anxiety disorders (and obsessive‐compulsive disorder) by both the American Psychiatric Association and the National Institute of Clinical Excellence, and its dissemination has been identified as a high health care priority.