Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 10 , Pages 1043-1052 , October 2010

Does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety Outperform Usual Care in Community Clinics? An Initial Effectiveness Test

  • Michael A. Southam-Gerow, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Commonwealth University
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Michael A. Southam-Gerow, Ph.D., VCU Department of Psychology, 806 W. Franklin St., Richmond, VA 23284
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  • John R. Weisz, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.

      Affiliations

    • Harvard University and the Judge Baker Children's Center
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  • Brian C. Chu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Rutgers and the State University of New Jersey
    • ,
  • Bryce D. McLeod, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Virginia Commonwealth University
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  • Elana B. Gordis, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Albany and the State University of New York
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  • Jennifer K. Connor-Smith, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Portland State University

,Accepted 17 June 2010.

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 The study was supported by grant R01-MH574347 from the NIMH to Dr. Weisz.

 We thank Philip C. Kendall (Temple University) and Donna K. McClish (Virginia Commonwealth University) for their consultation on the project. We also thank our clinic partners for their help, in many forms, throughout the study. These include Herb Blaufarb, Susan Hall-Marley, and Terry Rattray (Child and Family Guidance Center); Kita Curry, Cynthia Kelly, and Marian Williams (Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center); Anita Feltes (Edelman Westside Mental Health); Jill Morgan and David Slay (Greater Long Beach Child Guidance Center); Joseph Ho, Philip Pannell, and Robert Parsons (Pacific Clinics); and Thomas Ciesla, Carol Falender, Allison Pinto, and Rebecca Refuerzo (St. John's Health Center). We also thank the therapists, parents, and youths who participated in the study, and our project administrative and graduate student colleagues, including Amie Bettencourt, C. Ashley Borders, Jen Durham-Fowler, Aileen Echiverri, Samantha Fordwood, Sarah Francis, Andrea Kasimian, May Lim, Tamara Sharpe, Irina Tauber, and Alanna Updegraff (University of California–Los Angeles); Kristin Hawley (University of Missouri); Amanda Jensen-Doss (University of Miami); David Langer (Judge Baker Children's Center); Antonio Polo (DePaul University); and V. Robin Weersing (San Diego State University).

 Disclosure: Dr. Southam-Gerow and Dr. McLeod receive financial support from the NIMH. Dr. Weisz receives financial support from the NIMH, the Norlien Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Drs. Chu, Gordis, and Connor-Smith report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S0890-8567(10)00494-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.06.009

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 49, Issue 10 , Pages 1043-1052 , October 2010

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