Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 533-544 , May 2009

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Versus an Active Control for Children and Adolescents With Anxiety Disorders: A Randomized Trial

,Accepted 23 December 2008.

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 The authors are with the Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University.The research was supported by a Macquarie University internal grant.The authors thank Dr. Alan Taylor for assisting with the statistical analyses. The authors also thank the staff and therapists at the Macquarie University Anxiety Research Unit in collecting these data, including Jonathon Gaston, Joel Roast, Leigh Carpenter, Josephine Farrell, Lee Taylor, Jacqueline Frei, and Danielle Ellis.Clinical trial registration information—Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR). URL: http://www.ANZCTR.org.au/ACTRN12608000522314.aspx. Unique identifier: ACTRN12608000522314.

PII: S0890-8567(09)60070-8

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e31819c2401

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 533-544 , May 2009

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