Parental Involvement in Intensive Treatment for Adolescent Panic Disorder and Its Impact on Depression.

The present study investigated whether an 8-day intensive treatment for panic disorder in adolescents conferred a corollary benefit of ameliorating symptoms of depression. Participants included 57 adolescents between the ages of 11 and 18 who were randomly assigned to an intensive panic treatment for adolescents with or without parental involvement. Paired samples tests and hierarchical linear models (HLM) indicated that participants' total depression score and scores on depression subscales declined from baseline to the 3-month follow-up.

Trajectories of change across outcomes in intensive treatment for adolescent panic disorder and agoraphobia.

Much remains to be learned about typical and individual growth trajectories across treatment for adolescent panic disorder with and without agoraphobia and about critical treatment points associated with key changes. The present study examined the rate and shape of change across an 8-day intensive cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescent panic disorder with and without agoraphobia (N = 56). Participants ranged in age from 12 to 17 (M = 15.

A randomized controlled pilot study of a cognitive-behavioral therapy approach for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

Unlabelled: The purpose of the present pilot study was to assess the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy. This was a randomized, treatment as usual (TAU), controlled, nonblinded intervention pilot study with a 4-month follow-up conducted in a VA medical center. It was hypothesized that participants who received CBT, as compared to those who received TAU, would report significant decreases on self-report measures of pain severity, interference, and depressive symptoms from pretreatment to 4-month follow-up.

Dimensions of family connectedness among adolescents with Mexican, Chinese, and European backgrounds.

Multiple dimensions of adolescents' connectedness with their families were investigated among 489 9th-grade students (M = 14.86 years) from families with Mexican, Chinese, and European backgrounds. Participants reported on various aspects of their family relationships and completed diary checklists of daily behaviors for a 2-week period.

One measure, one meaning: multiple measures, clearer meaning.

This paper tries to make three points. First, current constructs in personality and psychopathology are based on the restrictive evidence contained in self-reports. As a result, heterogeneous categories of individuals are assigned to the same category.