Cognitive therapy for generalised anxiety in youth

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Mental Health Research Network; Subtopic: Anxiety; Disease: Anxiety; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Generalised anxiety disorder

• Registration Number: ISRCTN50951795
• Lead Sponsor: King's College London (KCL) (UK)

Brief Summary

2019 results in https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10608-019-10020-3 (added 04/06/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-06-30
• Study Completion: 2013-11-30
• Last Update Posted: 1 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

1. Children/young people aged 10 - 18 years, either sex
2. Diagnosis of GAD according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, version 4 (DSM-IV) criteria
3. Consecutively referred to a National and Specialist children's anxiety clinic (if they give informed consent)
4. Participants with a comorbid Axis 1 diagnosis will be included provided GAD is the primary disorder in need of treatment

Exclusion Criteria

1. Psychosis or learning difficulties (estimated intelligence quotient [IQ] below 70) or autistic spectrum disorder
2. Another mental health problem other than GAD that is more in need of treatment at the time of referral (such as severe depression)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified