Current Psychiatry Reviews - Volume 12, Issue 1, 2016

This article reviews the existing literature on psychotherapy approaches for preventing subsequent suicidal behavior in adolescents with a history of suicide attempts. At present, there are no well-established treatments for decreasing suicide attempts in adolescents, although promising approaches exist and are continuing to be tested. In this article, we describe interventions with evidence for decreasing suicidal or self-h Read More

The dominant model of delivering psychological interventions is face-to-face (F2F) in oneto- one psychotherapy. Behavioral Intervention Technologies (BITs) may have the capacity to expand delivery models and/or increase the outcomes of therapy. This article is a systematic review of the available literature on BITs for children and adolescents with DSM-5 mental health diagnoses. All articles on EBSCOhost published bet Read More

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has burgeoned as the leader in psychosocial treatments for anxious children and adolescents. Despite the established efficacy of CBT for youth with anxiety, there is a disparity amongst individuals and families in need of services, and accessibility to qualified practitioners who can effectively deliver empirically supported treatments. Additionally, a substantial number of children either Read More

The present article examines the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRD) in the DSM-5 in children and adolescents as well as associated functional impairments. Traditional cognitive-behavioral treatments for OCRD disorders are discussed as well as novel treatments incorporating other forms of therapy, intensive therapy, home-based therapy, medication enhanced therapy, and technolog Read More

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is among the most studied EBPs with support for its efficacy across a range of presenting problems in youth, but broad uptake of traditional CBT in school-based settings has been slow. A review of CBT in schools is presented, which suggests that most school-based studies have examined the use of a protocol for a single disorder or presenting problem, delivered by an individual provide Read More

Group trial-based cognitive training (G-TBCT) is an adaptation of trial-based cognitive therapy (TBCT) which, in turn, is derived from standard cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT). CBT is recognized as an effective treatment for several psychiatric disorders. Core belief (CB) change seems to play an important role in this regard. However, little is known about methods and techniques specifically used to change dysfunctional C Read More

CBT for psychosis is becoming a well-established sphere of practice covering not only problems of symptoms persistent to medication and poor medication adherence but also topics of psychosis and relapse prevention and treatment. However, there are only a few studies of specificity of CBTp for children, adolescents and young adults. In this paper, we review literature on CBTp and its efficacy in youth. Based on our clinic Read More

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is efficacious in treating both internalizing and externalizing disorders in youth. As a result, there is an increasing demand among consumers for CBT, unfortunately, community clinical settings are not adequately equipped to competently adopt and sustain CBT practice. Large-scale, system-wide changes are necessary to transform usual care treatment systems. Fortunately, there is a rich, burg Read More

Modular Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (mCBT) is guiding child psychotherapy into the future. mCBT is founded on a growing body of empirical research and clinical applications. Despite its compelling advantages, there are some potential cautions. In order to fit children’s diverse presentations mCBT must be individually tailored via case conceptualization. Case conceptualization is widely regarded as an essential C Read More