Depression and anxiety
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Depression and anxiety · Sep 2013
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyBenefits of child-focused anxiety treatments for parents and family functioning.
To examine (1) changes in parent (global psychological distress, trait anxiety) and family (dysfunction, burden) functioning following 12 weeks of child-focused anxiety treatment, and (2) whether changes in these parent and family factors were associated with child's treatment condition and response. ⋯ Findings suggest that child-focused anxiety treatments, regardless of intervention condition, can result in improvements in nontargeted parent symptoms and family functioning particularly when children respond successfully to the treatment.