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By City News Service
Apr 15, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Children s Hospital Los Angeles announced today it received $6.1 million to conduct research into the success of treatments for children s anxiety, which affects one in five youth.
The study, which is funded through the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, will be the first to measure the success rates of cognitive behavioral therapy and medication, the two common treatments for children with anxiety.
“There hasn t yet been a head-to-head comparison for treatment strategies in real-world settings, said Dr. Bradley Peterson, chief in the division of child psychiatry at CHLA. “We are excited to be able to lay this foundation and finally answer these questions.
Each treatment has shown some success in treating patients, but when children don t go into remission, medical professionals have to decide whether to continue with an intensified version of current treatment or add another treatment.
Clinicians and families also have to consider the cost and the time commitment of therapy when considering it against medications.
“This is a clinical question for every single child who is treated for anxiety across the world,” Peterson said. “Many factors go into the decision of whether to begin with CBT or medication.”
Peterson will collaborate with the U.S. leading experts in youth anxiety to compare the two treatment options success rates. In the study s first phase, researchers will randomly give participants therapy or medication then assess them for 12 weeks.
Multi-center study to provide evidence-based guidance on how to treat youth anxiety
Anxiety disorders affect one in five youth. Generally, a child is treated with either cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or medication. But despite the high prevalence of anxiety, there is no study-based evidence to compare the success rate of medication versus CBT.
Some success has been demonstrated with each treatment type but not all patients respond sufficiently to a given therapy. If a child does not go into remission, medical professionals are left with the question of whether to continue with an intensified version of the current treatment or add the other treatment.
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