Cognitive-behavioral interventions

Nonpharmacologic therapy is the cornerstone of treatment education, exercise, weight loss, and cognitive behavioral intervention are integral components. 

Wood, A., Harrington, R., and Moore, A. (1996) Controlled trial of a brief cognitive-behavioral intervention in adolescent patients with depressive disorders. / Child Psychol Psychiatry 37 737-746. 

Spence, S.H., Donovan, C., and Brechman-Toussaint, M. (2000) The treatment of childhood social phobia the effectiveness of a social skills training-based, cognitive-behavioral intervention, with and without parental involvement. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 41 713-726. 

Pain assessment in children and adolescents is a subject unto itself, and one that any clinician working with a child in pain must be familiar with (Franck et ah, 2000). Treatment of pain in children and adolescents must include cognitive-behavioral interventions such as preparation and rehearsal, hypnosis, guided imagery, breathing exercises, muscle relaxation, and distraction consideration of other complementary interventions such as acupuncture or biofeedback is common (Powers, 1999 Chen et ah, 2000 Rusy and Weisman, 2000). 

T. J. (2001). Randomized controlled trial of brief cognitive-behavioral interventions amc ng regular users of amphetamine. Addiction, 96, 1279-1287. 

Particularly in more serious cases, medications are often used to supplement the treatment regimen, because they allow the client to do the necessary therapeutic work (Schatzberg Cole, 1991). This is especially important when such great strides have been reported in the use of cognitive-behavioral treatments to treat symptoms of depression and anxiety. Because many of these interventions relate to depression and anxiety, more in-depth information on cognitive-behavioral interventions is covered in chapter 6 on anxiety disorders. 

Jaycox, L. H. (2000). Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools, (unpublished manual). 

Lochman, J. E. (1985). Effects of different treatment lengths in cognitive-behavioral interventions with aggressive boys. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 16,45-56. 

Lochman, J. E. (1992). Cognitive-behavioral intervention with aggressive boys Three year follow-up and preventive efforts. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60,426-432. 

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