Group Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomised Controlled Trial in a General Child Psychiatric Hospital Setting

TY - JOUR

T1 - Group Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

T2 - A Randomised Controlled Trial in a General Child Psychiatric Hospital Setting

AU - Kilburn, Tina R

AU - Sørensen, Merete J

AU - Thastum, Mikael

AU - Rapee, Ronald M

AU - Rask, Charlotte U

AU - Arendt, Kristian B

AU - Carlsen, Anders H

AU - Thomsen, Per H

PY - 2023/2

Y1 - 2023/2

N2 - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) programs adapted to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) effectively reduce anxiety when run in university clinics. Forty-nine children aged 8-14 years participated in a waitlist controlled study in a general child psychiatric hospital setting. Post-treatment 30% of the children were free of their primary anxiety diagnoses and 5% were free of all anxiety diagnoses. No statistically significant difference between the two trial conditions were found on primary outcomes. However, statistically significant differences were found on secondary outcomes indicating clinically meaningful treatment responses. Together with high program satisfaction this study shows the CBT program to be feasible and potentially efficacious in treating anxiety in children with ASD in a general child psychiatric hospital setting.

AB - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) programs adapted to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) effectively reduce anxiety when run in university clinics. Forty-nine children aged 8-14 years participated in a waitlist controlled study in a general child psychiatric hospital setting. Post-treatment 30% of the children were free of their primary anxiety diagnoses and 5% were free of all anxiety diagnoses. No statistically significant difference between the two trial conditions were found on primary outcomes. However, statistically significant differences were found on secondary outcomes indicating clinically meaningful treatment responses. Together with high program satisfaction this study shows the CBT program to be feasible and potentially efficacious in treating anxiety in children with ASD in a general child psychiatric hospital setting.

KW - Anxiety disorder

KW - Autism spectrum disorder

KW - CBT

KW - Children

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082957397&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/s10803-020-04471-x

DO - 10.1007/s10803-020-04471-x

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 32219638

SN - 0162-3257

VL - 53

SP - 525

EP - 538

JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

IS - 2

ER -