Nesrhtens…..

Wood and colleagues from University of California, Los Angeles has published a study on Cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorders. The study is a randomized, controlled trial and shows promising results.

This study has adopted an evidence-based treatment manual to use with children with autism spectrum disorders, and the treatment;

“In intent-to-treat analyses, 78.5% of the CBT group met Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement scale criteria for positive treatment response at posttreatment, as compared to only 8.7% of the waitlist group. CBT also outperformed the waitlist on diagnostic outcomes and parent reports of child anxiety, but not children’s self-reports. Treatment gains were maintained at 3-month follow-up.” (from abstract)

Many has provided cognitive behavioral therapy for children with autism, both anxiety and OCD, so it´s a pleasure to see a randomized clinical trail with an good number of participants. This article is also mentioned in this very good blog.

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