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Continuing to Advance Empirically Supported Treatments: Factors in Empirically Supported Practice for Anxiety Disorders

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Empirically supported treatments, including cognitive-behavioral therapy, for anxiety disorders have been widely studied for both children and adults. This chapter discusses evidence in support of CBT for each anxiety disorder. The impact of comorbidity, family and cultural factors, and therapeutic variables on CBT effects is highlighted. Finally, future directions for the study of empirically supported treatments are provided.

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Cummings, C.M. et al. (2013). Continuing to Advance Empirically Supported Treatments: Factors in Empirically Supported Practice for Anxiety Disorders. In: Storch, E., McKay, D. (eds) Handbook of Treating Variants and Complications in Anxiety Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6458-7_4

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