Parent-only Interventions for Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
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https://doi.org/10.53469/jcmp.2025.07(01).09Keywords:
Parenting, Intervention, Anxiety disorders, Child, AdolescentAbstract
Psychotherapy for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents is mostly child-focused treatment, with less attention paid to parental involvement. The important role that parents play in the development, maintenance, and treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents makes parent-only intervention an effective alternative when treatments targeting children and adolescents are inaccessible or ineffective. This article reviews several parent-only interventions for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents that are commonly used in current clinical research and practice, as well as their effectiveness, settings, and procedures, and provides a vision for future research and practice in the hope of informing the development of treatments for anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.
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