Child and adolescent anxiety disorders and related disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, are common and associated with numerous deleterious outcomes. Evidence-based interventions, namely cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure based therapies, are effective but infrequently used with fidelity by community clinicians. Youth from low income and/or historically marginalized and minoritized communities are especially likely to have their anxiety go undiagnosed or inadequately treated. There is an urgent need to increase access to evidence-based treatment for youth with anxiety and related disorders across the range of settings that children and families present, such as outpatient, community, school, and medial settings.
The goal of this Research Topic is to highlight innovative research and explore future directions in the adaptation, implementation, and integration of evidence-based treatments for child and adolescent anxiety and related disorders across diverse contexts.
We are interested in empirical, review, and theoretical papers in a variety of contexts. Examples of topic areas include, but are not limited to:
1. Papers reporting on the use of innovative implementation strategies to increase access to or fidelity of evidence-based treatments for youth anxiety and related disorders
2. Culturally responsive care for youth anxiety and related conditions
3. Adaptations to evidence-based treatments for youth anxiety and related disorders necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated stressors
4. Advances in cognitive behavioral or exposure therapy training and workforce development
Child and adolescent anxiety disorders and related disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, are common and associated with numerous deleterious outcomes. Evidence-based interventions, namely cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure based therapies, are effective but infrequently used with fidelity by community clinicians. Youth from low income and/or historically marginalized and minoritized communities are especially likely to have their anxiety go undiagnosed or inadequately treated. There is an urgent need to increase access to evidence-based treatment for youth with anxiety and related disorders across the range of settings that children and families present, such as outpatient, community, school, and medial settings.
The goal of this Research Topic is to highlight innovative research and explore future directions in the adaptation, implementation, and integration of evidence-based treatments for child and adolescent anxiety and related disorders across diverse contexts.
We are interested in empirical, review, and theoretical papers in a variety of contexts. Examples of topic areas include, but are not limited to:
1. Papers reporting on the use of innovative implementation strategies to increase access to or fidelity of evidence-based treatments for youth anxiety and related disorders
2. Culturally responsive care for youth anxiety and related conditions
3. Adaptations to evidence-based treatments for youth anxiety and related disorders necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated stressors
4. Advances in cognitive behavioral or exposure therapy training and workforce development
