Overcoming your child's fears and worries: a self-help guide for childhood anxiety disorders

Completed

Conditions: Child anxiety disorder
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Anxiety disorder, unspecified

Registration Number: ISRCTN92977593

Lead Sponsor: niversity of Reading (UK)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 195

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged 7 to 12 years
2. Primary diagnosis of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition (DSM-IV) generalised anxiety disorder, social phobia, separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder/agoraphobia or specific phobia
3. Parent / primary carer attends treatment

Exclusion Criteria

Child:
1. Significant physical or intellectual impairment (including autistic spectrum disorders)
2. Current prescription of psychotropic medication (or, if psychotropic medication is prescribed, it should have been at a stable dose for at least one month with agreement to maintain that dose throughout the study)

Parent(s):
1. Current maternal DSM-IV anxiety disorder
2. Significant intellectual impairment
3. Severe comorbid disorder (e.g. severe major depressive disorder, psychosis, substance /alcohol dependence)
4. Prescription of psychotropic medication (or, if psychotropic medication is prescribed, it should have been at a stable dose for at least one month with agreement to maintain that dose throughout the study)

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Clinical Global Impressions of Improvement (CGI-I) (Much / Very much improved or not)<br>2. Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM IV (child and parent versions) (ADIS-C/P) (Child free of primary anxiety disorder or not)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Child anxiety symptoms and impact (SCAS, Spence, 1998- child/parent/teacher report; CAIS, Langley et al., 2004 - child/parent report)<br>2. Parental interactive behaviours and cognitions as assessed by interview and observations