2024
Group cohesion and alliance predict cognitive-behavioral group treatment outcomes for youth with anxiety disorders
Fjermestad K, Wallin M, Naujokat F, McLeod B, Silverman W, Öst L, Lerner M, Heiervang E, Wergeland G. Group cohesion and alliance predict cognitive-behavioral group treatment outcomes for youth with anxiety disorders. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-19. PMID: 39105346, DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2024.2385906.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGroup cognitive behavioral therapyAnxiety disordersAnxiety symptomsDiagnostic recoveryParent-reported anxiety symptomsGroup cohesionCognitive behavioral therapyRandomized controlled effectiveness trialBehavioral therapyAlliance changeParent-reported outcomesEffectiveness trialClinical severityTreatment outcomesAnxietyPost-treatmentDisordersAllianceSymptomsYouthFollow-upGeneralized estimating equationsSeveritySessionsOutcomesAnxiety Symptom Trajectories Predict Depression Symptom Trajectories up to Four Years After CBT for Youth Anxiety Disorders
Fjermestad K, Norum F, Brask H, Kodal A, Silverman W, Heiervang E, Wergeland G. Anxiety Symptom Trajectories Predict Depression Symptom Trajectories up to Four Years After CBT for Youth Anxiety Disorders. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2024, 52: 1503-1513. PMID: 38878114, PMCID: PMC11461661, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-024-01214-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive behavioral therapyYouth anxiety disordersAnxiety symptom trajectoriesDepressive symptom trajectoriesDepressive symptomsSymptom trajectoriesParental mental healthAnxiety disordersAnxiety diagnosesMental healthDepression trajectoriesPost-cognitive behavioral therapyAssociated with less depressive symptomsSelf-reported depression levelsAnxiety symptom improvementDepression levelsParent-reported anxietyExamined depressive symptomsLess depressive symptomsGrowth curve modelsSelf-reported mental healthAssessment periodBehavioral therapyAnxiety trajectoriesDiagnostic recovery
2019
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Attention Bias Modification Treatment in Youth With Treatment-Resistant Anxiety Disorders
Pettit JW, Bechor M, Rey Y, Vasey MW, Abend R, Pine DS, Bar-Haim Y, Jaccard J, Silverman WK. A Randomized Controlled Trial of Attention Bias Modification Treatment in Youth With Treatment-Resistant Anxiety Disorders. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2019, 59: 157-165. PMID: 30877049, PMCID: PMC6744353, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.02.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention Bias Modification TreatmentAttention control trainingTreatment-resistant anxiety disordersAttention controlAnxiety severityAttention biasNeutral facesAnxiety disordersAttention bias modification trainingBias modification trainingYouth anxiety severityCognitive behavioral therapyAttention trainingDiagnostic recoveryAnxiety diagnosesControl trainingTraining trialsContingency scheduleYouthModification treatmentIndependent evaluatorsAnxietyTrainingAugmentation strategiesFace