Anxiety is common in youth on the autism spectrum and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been adapted to address associated symptoms. The aim of the current systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine the efficacy of CBT for reducing anxiety in autistic youth. Method Searches of Pub...
Maternal immune conditions were associated with increased behavioural and emotional problems in male and female children. By contrast, maternal immune conditions were not associated with decreased cognitive function. The findings demonstrate that MIA may influence the expression of symptoms in children with...
It provides information from the teacher's perspective about the child's level of difficulties in the following areas: emotional symptoms, conduct problems, peer relationships, hyperactivity, prosocial behaviour, and total difficulties. It also indicates the degree to which these difficulties interfere ...
Manassis et al. (2002)also found that mothers of children with GAD reported greater reduction in anxiety symptoms over time compared to mothers of children withphobic disorders(SAD, SoAD, Specific Phobia [SPEC] and PD). While this finding demonstrates that a diagnosis of GAD may lead to bette...
How many of us have kept on spending money on fixing washing machines and other electrical / electronic goods when they have problems. Most of us would have gone through this, even though the new equipment would have cost closer to same repair or annual maintenance charges, or even less?
Anxiety is common in youth on the autism spectrum and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been adapted to address associated symptoms. The aim of the current systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine the efficacy of CBT for reducing anxiety in autistic youth. ...
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is an efficacious intervention for child anxiety that has been translated into accessible digital formats, many of which involve parents in treatment. However, the value of parental involvement in treatment is not clearly understood. This systematic review examined cha...
Other research suggests a ‘potential malicious cycle of unregulated Internet use’ which means that those relying too much on the Internet to relieve symptoms of loneliness might in turn simply increase the likelihood of developing additional problems in their lives [32, 37, 38]. In Australia ...
This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract The present review evaluated studies which effec- tively employed cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to alle- viate symptoms of common mental health problems in young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It assessed the...