Anxiety

Last updated 21 February 2020

This collection of Research Digests contains content from ACAMH’s two main academic outputs the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

You can download a PDF of these Digests from the December 2018 edition of The Bridge.

Individual digests are presented below in date order, with the most recent first.

EEG data might help identify children at risk for social anxiety
‘Cool Little Kids’ helps reduce later anxiety symptoms but not broader internalising problems
Which disorders precede the development of mood disorders in young people?
Cognitive inflexibility contributes to both externalising and internalising difficulties in ASD
Do children with social anxiety disorder benefit from social skills training?
Consistency is needed when measuring and reporting outcomes in child and adolescent anxiety disorders trials
Does an internet gaming disorder prospectively predict psychiatric symptoms?
Paediatric anxiety disorders confer a considerable public health burden
How common and costly is persistent health anxiety in young people?
Insufficient sleep during adolescence might pose a risk for later depression and anxiety
Utilization of peer-supported youth hotlines is on the rise
Interventions for reducing loneliness seem effective in young people
Should we pay more attention to self-esteem in young people?
Mental disorders are under researched yet prevalent in children under 7 years
BRAVE-ONLINE elicits a strong reduction in anxiety for most young people, irrespective of age, sex, type and severity of anxiety and parent mental health
Are school-based interventions for depression and anxiety symptoms effective?
Would delaying the school day prevent anxiety in adolescents?
Persistent peer victimization is associated with differential effects on cortisol production between boys and girls
Do the same mechanisms drive social anxiety in autistic and neurotypical adolescents?
Are social networking sites contributing to depression and anxiety symptoms in young people?
CBT and sertraline are effective treatments for paediatric anxiety, but how do they work?
Online CBT is ineffective for treating adolescent anxiety
Assessing and treating anxiety disorders: does one size really fit all?
Can ‘FRIENDS’ in school help prevent anxiety?
Mindfulness-based interventions improve depression and anxiety outcomes in youths
The association between anxiety and poor school attendance
Comorbid anxiety disorder has a protective effect in conduct disorder
Sleep problems in preschoolers predict depression and anxiety severity
Child anxiety symptoms affect mothers via an environmental mechanism
Adult ABMT protocols need adapting for effective use in children
Parent-led group CBT training can reduce anxiety in children
FRIENDS programme reduced anxiety, but has no effect on school academic performance
MEG confirms hyper-vigilance followed by threat avoidance in children with anxiety disorder
Meta-analysis of secondary anxiety prevention
Children with a Specific Phobia do better in Individual CBT than Group CBT and guided parent-led CBT
Effects of development must be considered when examining interpretation bias in children with anxiety
Negative interpretation bias in adolescents with subclinical social anxiety disorder

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