Background: The present study's aim was to examine the long‐term effects (8 to 13 years
post‐treatment; M= 9.83 years; SD= 1.71) of the most widely used treatment approaches of
exposure‐based cognitive behavioral treatment for phobic and anxiety disorders in children
and adolescents (ie, group treatment and two variants of individual treatment). An additional
aim was to compare the relative long‐term efficacy of the treatment approaches. Method: At
long‐term follow‐up, participants (N= 67) were between 16 and 26 years of age (M= 19.43 …

Abstract using CBT [cognitive-behavioral therapy, the authors have developed a] research
program to test the efficacy of treatments for children with overanxious, separation anxiety,
and avoidance disorders/posttreatment assessments indicate that short-term improvements
are sustained at 1-yr follow-up assessment; these improvements are supported by parent
and teacher reports/CBT has also proven to be beneficial to the comorbid condition of
anxiety–depression/[present] evidence that ethnicity did not influence outcomes/highlighting …