Parent-Augmented Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Treat Children With Specific Phobias

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Conditions studied: Anxiety Disorders, Specific Phobia

In brief

This study will compare the effectiveness of two types of cognitive behavioral therapy, one-session exposure treatment and family-enhanced one-session exposure treatment, in treating children with specific phobias.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00509951

Run by

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

People needed

154

Starts

2007-07-01

Expected to finish

2012-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-06-07

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Enrolled in a regular classroom setting
• Possess at least an average intellectual ability as documented by school ability records
• Meets DSM-IV criteria for specific phobia and scores 4 or above on the clinician severity rating scale of the ADIS-C/P
• A parent or caregiver agrees to participate in the treatment
• Parent or guardian willing to provide informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Significant medical disorder (e.g., cerebral palsy, deafness) that would interfere with study participation
• Already receiving psychological treatment (with the exception of minimal intervention in the school setting)
• Currently receiving psychotropic medication for a psychological disorder, with the exception of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). If the child is receiving stimulant or other medication for management of ADHD symptoms, it must be documented that pharmacological treatment has been stabilized.
• Blood-injection-injury type of specific phobia

Where it is running

• Child Study Center — Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

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