The efficacy of a family-based cognitive-behavioral treatment for separation anxiety disorder in children aged 8–13: A randomized comparison with a general anxiety program.

Abstract

Results indicate a slight advantage of the TAFF program over a general child-based treatment for SAD. However, these differences were less strong than hypothesized, indicating that the inclusion of parent training does not add large effects to classical child-based CBT in school-age children with SAD. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).

Disorder‐specific versus generic cognitive‐behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders in children and young people: a systematic narrative review of evidence for the effectiveness of disorder‐specific CBT compared with the disorder‐generic treatment, Coping Cat

“…No significant differences in primary outcomes across different primary diagnoses were reported by Barrett et al (1996) or Kendall et al (1997). In three cases, the rates of remission or clinically significant improvement were stable from posttreatment to follow-up (Ollendick et al, 2009;Öst et al, 2001;Schneider et al, 2013), and in Herbert et al's (2009) study, the percentage of "remitted" patients who received the individual disorder-specific treatment dropped between posttreatment and 6-month follow-up, though the authors did not state whether this represented a significant decrease. There were differences between studies in the way that diagnostic outcomes (e.g., rates of remission) were assessed.…”

“…In cases, where long-term follow-up data were available in addition to posttreatment data, these suggested slight increases in remission rates of primary diagnosis after the CC intervention (e.g., Barrett et al, 1996Barrett et al, , 2001Flannery-Schroeder & Kendall, 2000;Siqueland et al, 2005). In the only study to report a decrease in the percentage of the sample who were diagnosis-free after treatment with CC, this decrease occurred between 4 weeks and 1 year posttreatment, and no diagnostic data were available immediately posttreatment (Schneider et al, 2013).…”

Assessment and management of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents

“…These ‘specific’ treatments have typically included the addition to generic treatments of social skills training and opportunities for peer interactions. There has been some interest in specific treatments for other conditions, such as specific phobias45 and separation anxiety disorder 46. For separation anxiety disorder no clear advantage over generic treatments has emerged to date 46.…”

“…There has been some interest in specific treatments for other conditions, such as specific phobias45 and separation anxiety disorder 46. For separation anxiety disorder no clear advantage over generic treatments has emerged to date 46. For specific phobias, direct comparisons with generic treatments have not been conducted; however, some evidence suggests that taking an especially focused approach may allow for particularly rapid treatment.…”

Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders

“…Cognitive-behavioral therapy and psychoeducation of family is the treatment of choice for SAD (Bogels et al 2013 ;Schneider et al 2011Schneider et al , 2013. SSRIs, clomipramine, and tricyclics may also be useful (Lehman 2002 ;Seksel and Lindeman 2001 ).…”