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Cognitive Therapy with Children and Families: Treating Internalizing Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

Sam Cartwright-Hatton  and
James Murray
Sam Cartwright-Hatton*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, UK
James Murray
Affiliation:
Guernsey Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, UK
*
Reprint requests to Sam Cartwright-Hatton, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. E-mail: sam.cartwright-hatton@manchester.ac.uk
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Abstract

Internalizing disorders of childhood and adolescence are common conditions, but until the past decade, had received little scientific scrutiny. This paper overviews the new knowledge that the past decade of research has given us. The early research began by adopting adult models of disorders, and adult-based modes of treatment. This met with moderate success, but the focus now is on testing whether these models are appropriate for younger clients. The good news is that, for adolescents at least, the adult models do seem to be appropriate. The bad news is that, even in well-resourced treatment trials, barely half of all cases remit. In very recent years, there has been a focus on generating developmentally appropriate models of childhood internalizing disorders, and correspondingly, an increasing interest in developing treatment approaches that are appropriate for young people and their families. The paper concludes with our thoughts on the most important questions for research in the next decade.

Keywords

ChildadolescentCBTdepressionanxiety
Type
Client Group Applications
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 36 , Issue 6: Developments in the Theory and Practice of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies , November 2008 , pp. 749 - 756
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2008

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