Group cognitive behavior therapy for children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders and anxiety: a randomized trial.

Background: Children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are at high risk for developing significant anxiety. Anxiety can adversely impact functioning across school, home and community environments. Cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT) are frequently used with success for children with anxiety symptoms.

Adaptive functioning in children with seizures: impact of maternal anxiety about epilepsy.

This study evaluated the impact of maternal anxiety about a child's epilepsy on parental overprotection and the child's adaptive functioning. Specific maternal and family characteristics that contribute to elevated maternal anxiety about epilepsy were also studied over a year's time in a group of 56 mothers with children recently diagnosed with epilepsy. Overall, the primary predictor of maternal anxiety about epilepsy was the mother's level of coping resources, although family stress aggravated anxiety at the initial time point.