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Special CBT protocol improves anxiety in young children

by Damian Mcnamara

A cognitive-behavioral therapy program designed for children aged 4-7 years significantly improves anxiety symptoms over 6 months, according to a randomized, controlled trial.

Many pediatric cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) programs are geared toward older children and teenagers. The typical age range is between 8 and 14 years, for example.

"But anxiety disorders have an earlier onset than age 8," Dina R. Hirshfeld-Becker, Ph.D., said in an interview at her poster at the annual conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.

"People thought for a while that CBT was not suitable for younger children. They thought kids did not have enough perception into their cognition and would not be compliant enough with their homework," said Dr. Hirshfeld-Becker, who serves as director of anxiety research in the pediatric psychopharmacology program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

However, the findings of this study counter that perception.

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