A Longitudinal Follow-up Study Examining Adolescent Depressive Symptoms as a Function of Prior Anxiety Treatment
Silk, Jennifer S. et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry , Published online February 2019
This longitudinal study demonstrates that anxious children are more prone to later depression and that treatment of anxiety during childhood using Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) can reduce the likelihood of later depression.