Preventing Anxiety Disorders in Urban Youth

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Anxiety Disorders

In brief

This study will determine the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral group therapy program in preventing anxiety disorders in at-risk children exposed to community violence.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00073619

Run by

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

People needed

200

Starts

2001-12-01

Expected to finish

2011-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-06-23

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Mild exposure to community violence
• Mild to moderate anxiety symptoms or disorders
• Attending public elementary school in an urban area
• In 3rd to 5th grades

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV disruptive behavior disorder
• Too many or too few anxiety symptoms

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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