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One Year Follow-up to Modular Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Pediatric Anxiety Disorders in an Elementary School Setting

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The current study sought to evaluate the relative long-term efficacy of a modularized cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program for children with anxiety disorders. Twenty four children (5–12 years old) randomly assigned to modular CBT or a 3-month waitlist participated in a 1-year follow-up assessment. Independent evaluators blind to treatment condition conducted structured diagnostic interviews, and caregivers and children completed symptom checklists at pre- and post-, and 1 year follow-up assessments. Analyses revealed that 71.4% of children who received CBT demonstrated a positive treatment response 1 year following treatment, and 83.3% were free of any anxiety diagnosis at 1 year follow-up. Analyses further revealed robust effects of intervention on diagnostic outcomes, caregiver- and child-report measures of anxiety at 1 year follow-up. Results provide evidence of an ongoing advantage on anxiety-specific outcomes for this modularized school-based CBT program 1 year post-treatment.

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  1. Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 2027 Moore Hall, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA

    Brian M. Galla, Jeffrey J. Wood, Jeffrey Jacobs, Muriel Ifekwunigwe & Clare Larkins

  2. Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Angela W. Chiu

  3. Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

    David A. Langer

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Galla, B.M., Wood, J.J., Chiu, A.W. et al. One Year Follow-up to Modular Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Treatment of Pediatric Anxiety Disorders in an Elementary School Setting. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 43, 219–226 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-011-0258-x

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