CBT for Worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder

Facing the Unknown: Intolerance of Uncertainty in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

“…Dugas & Robichaud ; Wilkinson et al . ; Einstein ; Meares & Freeston ). The world can be inherently uncertain for an individual with ASD due to their information processing style (Boulter et al .…”

“…However, cognitive behavioural treatments of clinically anxious adults emphasize increasing patients' tolerance of uncertainty to achieve more sustainable change (e.g. Dugas & Robichaud 2006;Wilkinson et al 2011;Einstein 2014;Meares & Freeston 2015). The world can be inherently uncertain for an individual with ASD due to their information processing style (Boulter et al 2014) and deficits in social understanding and communication (Boyd et al 2009).…”

Towards a Treatment for Intolerance of Uncertainty for Autistic Adults: A Single Case Experimental Design Study

“…Research has shown that experimental manipulation of intolerance of uncertainty can affect levels of worry in non-clinical neurotypical participants (Ladouceur et al 2000 ). Cognitive behavioural treatments for clinically anxious patients have been developed which emphasise treating the cognitive process rather than the cognitive content of anxiety, specifically by aiming to increase patient’s tolerance for uncertainty and thereby achieving more sustainable change (Wilkinson et al 2011 ). Research has confirmed the utility of such CBT protocols in reducing anxiety both in individual (Dugas and Ladouceur 2000 ; Ladouceur et al 2000 ) and group formats (Dugas et al 2003 ).…”

Towards a Treatment for Intolerance of Uncertainty in Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Development of the Coping with Uncertainty in Everyday Situations (CUES©) Programme

“…Recent headway has been made in investigating its role in typically developing adolescents (Laugesen et al 2003 ; Perrin 2014 ; Wild et al 2014 ) and children (Fialko et al 2012 ; Kertz and Woodruff-Borden 2013 ). Cognitive behavioural treatments that emphasise treating the cognitive process rather than the cognitive content of anxiety, specifically by aiming to increase patients’ tolerance for uncertainty achieve more sustainable change (Wilkinson et al 2011 ). Research has confirmed the utility of such protocols in reducing anxiety in adults (Dugas and Ladouceur 2000 ; Ladouceur et al 2000 ; Dugas et al 2003 ) and with children and adolescents without ASD (Leger et al 2003 ; Payne et al 2011 ).…”