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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety: An Overview and Future Directions

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), deemed a “well-established” intervention for the treatment of child and adolescent anxiety (Hollon & Beck, 2013), typically addresses anxiety using a two-pronged approach. Further work is also needed to increase long-term efficacy of youth anxiety treatment. 2005; Peris et al.,

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Observing therapist-patient interactions to predict dropout from psychotherapy

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Over about the last 50 years, clinical research has proven without a doubt that psychotherapy significantly alleviates the symptoms of a wide range of mental illnesses, for example, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, and addictions (Lutz et al., Psychiatric Quarterly, 51 (4), 271–279. Bennemann, B.,

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Harnessing cultural identity as a protective factor in minority mental health: Applications to children and families

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Cultural Formulation Interview, APA, 2013; University of Connecticut Racial/Ethnic Stress and Trauma Survey, Williams et al., Then, we recommend thoughtfully incorporating cultural identity into the case conceptualization and treatment process (for specific recommendations for family-based CBT, see Sanchez et al., References Cited.

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Assertiveness Training: A Forgotten Evidence-Based Treatment

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Assertive behavior was defined as any action that reflects an individual’s own best interest, including standing up for oneself without significant anxiety, expressing one’s feelings comfortably, or exercising one’s own rights without denying the rights of others. behavior rehearsal) and/or cognitive means (e.g., saying no).

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Can prisoners with mental health problems benefit from psychological therapy? Yes, but health and justice need to be closer friends.

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The most effective approaches being cognitive – behavioural therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based therapies which both moderately improve depression and anxiety symptomology. Psychological therapies based on CBT or mindfulness approaches can improve mental health outcomes for prisoners when compared with providing no intervention.

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Psychotherapy research in the 21st century

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for example, 20% of individuals recall meeting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD) at some point in their lives (Hasin et al., CBT) than others. patients who experience better outcomes in other interventions than in CBTs).

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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Outcomes in Anxiety: We’re Halfway There

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Levy, Springer, and Tolin discuss a recent meta-analytic review of remission in CBT for anxiety disorders published in Clinical Psychology Review. . The efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders is well established, at least in terms of pre- to post-treatment reductions in anxiety severity.

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