2023
Does Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety Disorders Improve Social Functioning and Peer Relationships?
Etkin R, Juel E, Lebowitz E, Silverman W. Does Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety Disorders Improve Social Functioning and Peer Relationships? Clinical Child And Family Psychology Review 2023, 26: 1052-1076. PMID: 37838627, DOI: 10.1007/s10567-023-00454-3.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnxietyAnxiety DisordersChildCognitive Behavioral TherapyHumansSocial InteractionTreatment OutcomeConceptsCognitive behavioral therapyAdolescent anxiety disordersPeer relationshipsSocial functioningAnxiety disordersYouth anxiety disordersPeer outcomesAnxiety reductionTreatment-specific effectsFunctioningTreatment specificitySystematic narrative reviewRelated difficultiesSample characteristicsMajority of studiesSpecific outcomesChildrenTreatment outcomesStatistical findingsStudy sampleDisordersNarrative reviewFindingsRelationshipAnxietyParent Accommodation Contemporaneously Mediates the Association Between Youth Irritability and Youth Anxiety Treatment Outcome
Cabrera V, Buitron V, Patriarca G, Rey Y, Lebowitz E, Silverman W, Pettit J. Parent Accommodation Contemporaneously Mediates the Association Between Youth Irritability and Youth Anxiety Treatment Outcome. Behavior Therapy 2023, 54: 852-862. PMID: 37597962, PMCID: PMC10440415, DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2023.03.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnxietyAnxiety DisordersChildCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleHumansMaleParentsTreatment OutcomeConceptsYouth anxiety severityParent accommodationCognitive-behavioral treatmentYouth irritabilityAnxiety treatment outcomesAnxiety severityChild anxietyPrimary anxiety disorder diagnosisAnxiety disorder diagnosisAnxious youthYouth anxietyYouth ages 6Adolescent irritabilityAnxiety outcomesBehavioral treatmentAnxiety protocolAnxietyGreater impairmentDisorder diagnosisAge 6Treatment outcomesFuture researchPosttreatmentIrritabilityResearch documents
2022
Attention Training as a Low-Intensity Treatment for Concerning Anxiety in Clinic-Referred Youth
Pettit J, Rey Y, Marin C, Bechor M, Lebowitz E, Vasey M, Jaccard J, Abend R, Pine D, Bar-Haim Y, Silverman W. Attention Training as a Low-Intensity Treatment for Concerning Anxiety in Clinic-Referred Youth. Behavior Therapy 2022, 54: 77-90. PMID: 36608979, PMCID: PMC9825787, DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2022.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnxietyAnxiety DisordersAttentional BiasChildChild, PreschoolCognitive Behavioral TherapyHumansMaleTreatment OutcomeConceptsAttention Bias Modification TreatmentAttention control trainingAttention trainingAnxiety severityAttention controlAnxiety levelsAttention biasNeutral facesLow-intensity treatmentGlobal impairmentDot-probe taskYouth anxiety severityClinic-Referred YouthFull criteriaAttention focusingControl trainingTreatment researchYouthIndependent evaluatorsTrainingImpairment ratingsACT trialsPosttreatmentSeverity ratingsRatings
2020
Parent-Child Agreement on Family Accommodation Differentially Predicts Outcomes of Child-Based and Parent-Based Child Anxiety Treatment
Zilcha-Mano S, Shimshoni Y, Silverman WK, Lebowitz ER. Parent-Child Agreement on Family Accommodation Differentially Predicts Outcomes of Child-Based and Parent-Based Child Anxiety Treatment. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2020, 50: 427-439. PMID: 32401557, PMCID: PMC8496486, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2020.1756300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAnxietyChildCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleHumansMaleParent-Child RelationsParentingTreatment OutcomeConceptsParent-child agreementFamily accommodationMultilevel response-surface analysisAnxious Childhood EmotionsChild anxiety treatmentChild anxiety severityCognitive behavioral therapyAnxiety symptom severityDistinct underlying mechanismsChildhood EmotionsChildhood anxietySupportive parentingAnxiety treatmentParent reportBehavioral therapyRole of accommodationAnxiety severityAnxiety disordersPoor treatment outcomesTreatment outcomesSymptom severitySubsequent treatment outcomesTreatment endSignificant predictorsChildren
2019
Parent-Based Treatment as Efficacious as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety: A Randomized Noninferiority Study of Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions
Lebowitz ER, Marin C, Martino A, Shimshoni Y, Silverman WK. Parent-Based Treatment as Efficacious as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Childhood Anxiety: A Randomized Noninferiority Study of Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2019, 59: 362-372. PMID: 30851397, PMCID: PMC6732048, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.02.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnxietyAnxiety DisordersChildCognitionCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedParentingTreatment OutcomeConceptsParent-based treatmentAnxious Childhood EmotionsChildhood anxiety disordersFamily accommodationChildhood anxietyAnxiety disordersChildhood EmotionsSupportive parentingParenting stressAnxiety outcomesCognitive behavioral therapyPrimary anxiety disorderParent interventionBehavioral therapyChildren's ratingsAnxiety severityTreatment credibilityClinician-rated scalesParent treatmentParent involvementAnxietyDiagnostic InterviewEmotionsParentingIndependent evaluators
2018
Using Motion Tracking to Measure Avoidance in Children and Adults: Psychometric Properties, Associations With Clinical Characteristics, and Treatment-Related Change
Lebowitz ER, François B. Using Motion Tracking to Measure Avoidance in Children and Adults: Psychometric Properties, Associations With Clinical Characteristics, and Treatment-Related Change. Behavior Therapy 2018, 49: 853-865. PMID: 30316485, PMCID: PMC6394864, DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2018.04.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive behavioral therapyBehavioral avoidanceThreat facesMotion-tracking technologyChild-rated anxiety symptomsChildhood anxiety disordersSelf-rated fearAnxiety symptom severitySpider stimuliAnxious childrenTest-retest correlationsAreas of psychopathologyState anxietyTest-retest reliabilityAnxiety symptomsAnxiety disordersTime-effective measurementsAvoidance behaviorPsychometric propertiesTreatment-related changesSymptom severityThird studySecond studyAvoidanceLarge sample
2014
Child-Report of Family Accommodation in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: Comparison and Integration with Mother-Report
Lebowitz ER, Scharfstein L, Jones J. Child-Report of Family Accommodation in Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: Comparison and Integration with Mother-Report. Child Psychiatry & Human Development 2014, 46: 501-511. PMID: 25209390, DOI: 10.1007/s10578-014-0491-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal anxietyAnxiety disordersChildhood anxiety disordersMother-child agreementFamily accommodationImportant clinical characteristicsDSM-5 anxiety disordersPediatric anxiety disordersChild reportsMothers' reportsClinical characteristicsMaternal reportsAnxious mothersDisordersMothersChildrenAnxietyReportAssociation
2012
Family accommodation in obsessive–compulsive disorder
Lebowitz ER, Panza KE, Su J, Bloch MH. Family accommodation in obsessive–compulsive disorder. Expert Review Of Neurotherapeutics 2012, 12: 229-238. PMID: 22288678, PMCID: PMC4011018, DOI: 10.1586/ern.11.200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive Behavioral TherapyFamilyFamily RelationsHumansObsessive-Compulsive DisorderSeverity of Illness IndexTreatment Outcome
2011
Editorial Perspective: When OCD takes over…the family! Coercive and disruptive behaviours in paediatric obsessive compulsive disorder
Lebowitz ER, Vitulano LA, Mataix‐Cols D, Leckman JF. Editorial Perspective: When OCD takes over…the family! Coercive and disruptive behaviours in paediatric obsessive compulsive disorder. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2011, 52: 1249-1250. PMID: 22022883, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02480.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research