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.