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

Society of Clinical Psychology

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., Author Bio.

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Compassion-Focused Therapy Strongly Improves Mental Health Outcomes: A Series of Meta-Analyses

Society of Clinical Psychology

Remarkably, CFT has found application in treating various mental health difficulties, including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. A randomized controlled trial of Compassion Focused Therapy for social anxiety disorder. Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , 12 (4), e80945.

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How Does Language Affect Our Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

Just because depression or anxiety disorder are more common doesn’t mean the pain and suffering caused to the individual by their condition means less or matters less. I have anxiety disorder , that has been diagnosed. I experience anxiety attacks and panic attacks. Pain is pain. But does that make me as a person anxious ?

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How Does Language Affect Our Mental Health?

MQ Mental Health

Just because depression or anxiety disorder are more common doesn’t mean the pain and suffering caused to the individual by their condition means less or matters less. I have anxiety disorder , that has been diagnosed. I experience anxiety attacks and panic attacks. Pain is pain. But does that make me as a person anxious ?

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Technology and the future of cognitive-behavioral interventions

Society of Clinical Psychology

is an Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a Psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. is a clinical research coordinator in the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Related Disorders program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Journal of Anxiety Disorders , 55 , 70–78. Author Bios.

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

Society of Clinical Psychology

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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News Items – March 2, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Kristen Mackel is a member of NASW-PA: What You Should Know About Dancing With Generalized Anxiety Disorder Dance Magazine According to Kristen Mackel, a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in working with athletes and creatives , when talking about GAD, it’s important to differentiate between the disorder and anxiety as an emotion.