Emotion Detectives In-Out: Feasibility and Efficacy of a Blended Version of the Unified Protocol for Children
Anxiety Disorders
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Anxiety Disorders focused on measuring Unified Protocol, Children, Blended therapy, Parents
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: The child is aged between 7 and 12 years; The child has a primary diagnosis of an anxiety disorder or clinically significant anxiety symptoms; Both the child and the parent are able to speak, read and understand Portuguese; Both the child and the parent have Internet access. Exclusion Criteria: Diagnosis of a psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder; Severe current suicidal ideation; The child is not on a stable dose of a psychotropic or other type of medication for at least 1 month prior to T0 assessment; The child has previously received CBT with exposure techniques.
Sites / Locations
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Emotion Detectives In-Out
Coping Cat
Emotion Detectives In-Out consists of 15 weekly sessions with the children (9 face-to-face group sessions, 4 online sessions and 2 videoconference sessions).
Coping Cat consists of 16 weekly group sessions with the children (5 to 7 children per group) and 2 sessions with the parents.