Parent-based Treatment for Youth With Anxiety and Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in ChildrenSocial Anxiety Disorder of Childhood6 moreAnxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders are the most common mental health disorders in childhood and adolescence. A parenting intervention for youth with anxiety, called Supportive Parenting of Anxious Childhood Emotions ("SPACE"), has been recently developed to help target anxiety in children. In this intervention, therapists meet individually with parents to help them reduce anxiety behaviors in their children and support adaptive behaviors in their children. The purpose for the proposed study is to demonstrate the treatment efficacy of SPACE compared to a low-contact, therapist-supported bibliotherapy version of this intervention.
Optimizing Cognitive-behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder Using the Factorial Design
Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is characterized by a marked fear of negative evaluation in social situations. It is the third most common psychiatric disorder and highly disabling (American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Although effective treatments such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) are available, most individuals suffering from SAD do not seek and eventually find help, and even in the best available treatments, remission rates are below 50%. The overall aim of the project is to better understand and improve the efficacy of Internet-based CBT (ICBT) that has shown to be efficacious in many trials and that provide broad and low-threshold access to empirically supported treatments. Specifically the objectives of the study are: to investigate the active ingredients of ICBT for SAD by testing the main effects and interactions for the four main treatment components (i.e., psychoeducation, cognitive restructuring, attention training, and exposure); to investigate the effects of each treatment component on hypothesized change mechanisms, and to explore whether and which change mechanisms mediate the effect of the treatment components on symptom reduction. to investigate whether the specific mechanisms mediate the effect of the treatment components on primary and secondary outcomes.
Parent-Led Cognitive-Behavioral Teletherapy for Anxiety in Youth With ASD
Cognitive Behavioral TherapyAutism Spectrum Disorder5 moreThis study implements an anxiety-focused, parent-led, therapist-assisted cognitive behavioral teletherapy for parents of youth with ASD and anxiety.
SOPHIE: Online-intervention for Prevention and Treatment of Social Anxiety in Adolescents
Social AnxietySocial Anxiety DisorderThis study's aim is to investigate the efficacy of the online-intervention SOPHIE. SOPHIE is an online-intervention for adolescents with social anxiety. In Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein, about one in 15 adolescents suffers from social anxiety. The SOPHIE intervention aims to help these adolescents to better understand and cope with their social anxiety symptoms and to feel more comfortable in social situations. The investigators intend to include 248 adolescents in the study. Stratified by subclinical and clinical level of social anxiety, participants will be randomly assigned to the SOPHIE group or the control group receiving care-as-usual. Both groups will complete online questionnaires and will be interviewed via telephone several times during the study. This allows to compare the two groups regarding their efficacy of the SOPHIE programme in terms of changes in social anxiety over time.
Development of Online EMDR Therapy System and Its Comparative Testing With Face-to-Face EMDR Therapy...
Generalized Anxiety DisorderMajor Depressive Disorder4 moreThis study aims at developing an online system for the remote delivery of EMDR therapy in Pakistan. Moreover, this study will compare the efficacy of online EMDR therapy with face-to-face EMDR therapy.
Sertraline vs. Placebo in the Treatment of Anxiety in Children and AdoLescents With NeurodevelopMental...
Neurodevelopmental DisordersAutism25 moreThere are currently no approved medications for the treatment of anxiety in children and youth with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), both common and rare. Sertraline, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, has extensive evidence to support its use in children's and youth with anxiety but not within NDDs. More research is needed to confirm whether or not sertraline could help improve anxiety in children and youth with common and rare neurodevelopmental conditions. This is a pilot study, in which we plan to estimate the effect size of reduction in anxiety of sertraline vs. placebo. across rare and common neurodevelopmental disorders, and determine the best measure(s) to be used as a primary transdiagnostic outcome measure of anxiety, as well as diagnosis specific measures in future, larger-scale clinical trials of anxiety in NDDs.
Comparing TBT to Disorder-Specific Psychotherapy in Veterans With Social Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety DisorderCognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a brief, efficient, and effective treatment for individuals with depressive/anxiety disorders. However, CBT is largely underutilized within the Department of Veterans Affairs due to the cost and burden of trainings necessary to deliver all of the related disorder-specific treatments (DSTs). Transdiagnostic Behavior Therapy (TBT), in contrast, is specifically designed to address numerous distinct disorders within a single protocol in Veterans with depressive/anxiety disorders. The proposed research seeks to evaluate the efficacy of TBT by assessing psychiatric symptomatology and related impairment outcomes in Veterans with social anxiety disorder and comorbid posttraumatic stress via a randomized controlled trial of TBT and an existing DST. Assessments will be completed at pre-, mid-, and post-treatment, and at 6-month follow-up. Process variables also will be investigated.
Adaptation and Feasibility of the Community-Based Anxiety Program Tailored for Autism (CAPTA)
AnxietyAutism Spectrum Disorder3 moreAnxiety is very common in autistic youth. Recently, an intervention has been created by the investigators to target these symptoms in autistic youth in a community setting. The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of implementing this treatment in community care centers.
Cariprazine Versus Placebo for Social Anxiety Disorder
Social Anxiety DisorderThe proposed study is a 12 week double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to examine the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of Vraylar® (cariprazine) in the treatment of patients with Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5). Subjects will be randomized to one of two treatment arms (placebo or Vraylar® 1.5 mg/day) in a 1:1 ratio. The study will be done at a single clinical research site.
Text Message Safety Behavior Fading for Appearance Concerns
Body Dysmorphic DisordersSocial Anxiety Disorder1 moreThe current study aims to explore the efficacy of a text message based safety behavior fadinig intervention compared to an unhealthy behavior fading intervention for appearance concerns.