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- Title
Computers and psychosocial treatment for child anxiety: recent advances and ongoing efforts.
- Authors
Kendall, Philip C.; Khanna, Muniya S.; Edson, Aubrey; Cummings, Colleen; Harris, M. Sue
- Abstract
Building on the empirical data supporting the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for child anxiety, researchers are working on the development and evaluation of cost-effective and transportable CBT approaches. Related to this, a widely endorsed goal is to disseminate evidence-based treatments from research settings to community settings. Computer-assisted treatments have emerged as a means to provide cost-effective and efficient service to an increased number of anxious youth for whom a CBT treatment would be otherwise unavailable. We offer a rationale for the development and evaluation of computer-assisted psychosocial treatments for anxiety in youth, offer illustrative advances made in this area, and describe our efforts in using computers to enhance dissemination of CBT for child anxiety. Specifically, our illustrations include a description of (a) Camp-Cope-A-Lot (CCAL), a computer-assisted CBT for the treatment of anxiety disorders in youth ages 7-12, and (b) CBT4CBT: Computer-based training in CBT for anxious youth. Findings from evaluations of these programs are summarized, and further advances are proposed and discussed. Depression and Anxiety, 2011. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Subjects
ANXIETY in children; ANXIETY disorders; COMPUTER-assisted psychotherapy; COGNITIVE therapy; COST effectiveness; EVIDENCE-based medicine; TREATMENT effectiveness
- Publication
Depression & Anxiety (1091-4269), 2011, Vol 28, Issue 1, p58
- ISSN
1091-4269
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/da.20757