A randomised controlled trial of treatments of childhood anxiety disorder in the context of maternal anxiety disorder: clinical and cost‐effectiveness outcomes
Creswell, C., Violato, M., Cruddace, S., Gerry, S., Murray, L., Shafran, R., Stein, A., Willetts, L., McIntosh, E. and Cooper, P.J. (2020). J Child Psychol Psychiatr, 61: 62-76. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13089
Many clinicians wonder if addressing child anxiety without addressing co-existent parent anxiety is enough. This study demonstrates that additional CBT-based treatment of maternal anxiety does not offer additional benefit to standard child-focussed CBT for anxiety.
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