A streamlined behavioral therapy delivered in a pediatrics practice offered much greater benefit to youth with anxiety and depression than a more standard referral to mental health care with follow-up in a clinical trial comparing the two approaches. The benefit of the former approach in comparison with referral was especially striking in Hispanic youth, a finding that may help inform efforts to address disparities in care. The study, supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), is reported in the journal JAMA Psychiatry online.
Pediatrics-based Brief Therapy Outdoes Referral for Youths with Anxiety and Depression; Striking Benefit Seen for Hispanic Youths
Year: 2017