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Review: CBT and SSRIs/SNRIs effective for childhood anxiety disorders, but more comparison studies needed
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30253
Subject(s) - anxiety , cognition , clinical psychology , pharmacotherapy , psychology , cognitive behavioral therapy , psychotherapist , medicine , psychiatry
When treating anxiety, clinicians have options between multiple treatments. Specifically, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and pharmacotherapy exist for childhood anxiety disorders. Researchers conducted a literature search to compare the effectiveness of the two treatments.