2022
Youth social functioning interacts with treatment arm, diagnosis, and gender to predict anxiety treatment outcome
Etkin RG, Marin CE, Silverman WK, Lebowitz ER. Youth social functioning interacts with treatment arm, diagnosis, and gender to predict anxiety treatment outcome. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2022, 156: 104160. PMID: 35870327, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2022.104160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnxiety treatment outcomesYouth social functioningSocial skillsPositive social interactionsSocial functioningAnxiety diagnosesAnxiety disordersSocial interactionParent-based treatmentChildren's social skillsSocial anxiety disorderYouths' social skillsAnxiety symptom severityYouth genderTreatment outcomesDiagnostic InterviewSymptom severityClinical functioningFunctioningSkillsYouthPredictorsMultiple regression modelDisordersGender
2020
SPACE‐ARFID: A pilot trial of a novel parent‐based treatment for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Shimshoni Y, Silverman WK, Lebowitz ER. SPACE‐ARFID: A pilot trial of a novel parent‐based treatment for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. International Journal Of Eating Disorders 2020, 53: 1623-1635. PMID: 33464594, DOI: 10.1002/eat.23341.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRestrictive food intake disorderParent-based treatmentFood intake disorderPilot trialFamily accommodationSymptom severityParental responsesClient Satisfaction QuestionnaireAnxious Childhood EmotionsWeekly treatment sessionsAdverse eventsClinical outcomesPreliminary efficacyARFID symptomsTreatment sessionsChildhood EmotionsEligible familiesSupportive parentingEating habitsWeekly sessionsARFIDSatisfaction questionnaireTrialsTreatmentPreliminary evidenceSeparating From the Mothership: A Coordinated Individual and Parent-Based Approach to Severe Agoraphobia in a Young Adult
Raila HE, Julian M, Lebowitz ER, Silverman WK. Separating From the Mothership: A Coordinated Individual and Parent-Based Approach to Severe Agoraphobia in a Young Adult. Cognitive And Behavioral Practice 2020, 28: 422-434. PMID: 34305384, PMCID: PMC8296594, DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2020.06.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive behavioral therapyTraditional cognitive behavioral therapyIntegration of CBTAnxious Childhood EmotionsParent-based treatmentSelf-reported scoresChildhood EmotionsFamily accommodationSupportive parentingPsychological treatmentAdolescent psychopathologyBehavioral indicesAge-appropriate independenceSuch psychopathologyOlder adolescentsSevere agoraphobiaAdult childrenPanic disorderAnxietyYoung adultsPsychopathologyParentsSame treatment centerAgoraphobiaAdults
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 ResearchConceptsParent-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