Anxiety disorders with cognitive-behavioral therapy

Silverman, W.K., Kurtines, W.M., Ginsburg, G.S., Weems, C.E, Lumpkin, P.W., and Carmichael, D.El. (1999b) Treating anxiety disorders in children with group cognitive behavior therapy a randomized clinical trial. J Consult Clin Psychol 67 995-1003. 

As with panic disorder, cognitive-behavioral therapy is an important part of the treatment program for social anxiety disorder. Some evidence suggests that in some cases, drug treatment did not improve the effects of receiving cognitive-behavior therapy. 

In 488 children and adolescents (aged 7-17 years) with an anxiety disorder who were randomized to 12 weeks of sertraline up to 200 mg/day, cognitive behavioral therapy, the combination of these, or placebo, suicidal and homicidal ideation were no more common with sertraline than placebo no child attempted suicide [9 ]. 

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