Technology and Early Anxiety Treatment

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Anxiety Disorders

In brief

The goal of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of an Internet-delivered format of an evidence-based CBT treatment for early social anxiety disorder (Coaching Approach behavior and Leading by Modeling, or the CALM Program) in which therapists and families meet in real-time via videoconferencing and parent-child interactions are broadcast from the family's home via a webcam while therapists provide bug-in-the-ear coaching from a remote site. In a randomized controlled trial (RCT), the proposed work will evaluate 40 youth with social anxiety disorder (ages 3-8); 20 will receive the CALM Program over the Internet (I-CALM) and 20 will be assigned to a waitlist control and will complete a course of I-CALM after the waitlist period. Outcomes will be assessed via structured diagnostic interviews and parent-report questionnaires.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03255122

Run by

Florida International University

People needed

40

Starts

2016-11-03

Expected to finish

2020-04-22

Last updated by the study team

2020-07-02

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 8. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children 3-8 years old, and at least one primary caregiver
• Child has diagnosis of social anxiety disorder (as assessed in pre-treatment assessment).
• Child and parent both speak either English or Spanish fluently
• Family's home is equipped with computing device and high-speed internet

You may not qualify if…

• Child has emotional/behavioral problem more impairing than difficulties captured by an anxiety disorder diagnosis.
• Child receiving medication or other psychotherapy to manage emotional difficulties
• History of severe physical or mental impairments (e.g., intellectual disability, deafness, blindness, pervasive developmental disorder) in child or participating caregiver(s)
• Child is a ward of the state

Where it is running

• Florida International University — Miami, Florida, United States

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