Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents

The article reviews psychosocial treatments for phobic and anxiety disorders in youth. Using criteria from Nathan and Gorman (2002 Nathan , P. E. , & Gorman , J. M. ( 2002 ). A guide to treatments that work ( , 2nd ed. ). London : Oxford University Press . [Google Scholar]), 32 studies are evaluated along a continuum of methodological rigor. In addition, the treatments evaluated in each of the 32 studies are classified according to Chambless et al.'s (1996 Chambless , D. L. , Sanderson , W. C. , Shoham , V. , Johnson , S. B. , Pope , K. S. , Crits-Christoph , P. , et al. ( 1996 ). An update on empirically validated therapies . The Clinical Psychologist , 49 , 5 – 18 . [Google Scholar]) and Chambless and…