Entirely Parent-Based Treatment As Effective As Individual CBT For Youth Anxiety Disorder Treatment

An entirely parent-based treatment for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders is as effective as individual cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The parent-based treatment is called Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE). Children whose parents participated in 12 sessions of SPACE were as likely to overcome their anxiety disorder as children who participated in 12 sessions of CBT. Parenting stress and family accommodation to reassure the anxious child decreased significantly with both treatments, but decreased more with SPACE. Family accommodation encompasses a variety of behaviors, such as providing constant reassurance, staying home with a child, or allowing a . . .