ABSTRACT
Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy (CBP) approaches with youth is steadily gaining empirical ground, clinical recognition, and widespread use (Brent & Birmaher, 2002; Graham, 2005; Kazdin & Weisz, 2003; Kendall, 2006; March, 2009). Cognitive behavioral spectrum approaches for depression (Brent & Birmaher, 2002; Brent et al., 1997, 2008; Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study [TADS] Team, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007; Weisz, Southam-Gerow, Gordis, & Connor-Smith, 2003), anxiety (Flannery-Schroeder & Kendall, 2000; Kendall et al., 1992, 1997; Kendall, Aschenbrand, & Hudson, 2003), obsessive-compulsive disorder (March & Franklin, 2006; March& Mulle, 1998; Piacentini, March, & Franklin, 2006; Pediatric OCD Treatment Study [POTS] Team, 2004), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Cohen, Deblinger, Mannarino, & Steer, 2004), anger management (Lochman & Wells, 2002a, 2002b), and pervasive developmental disorders (Attwood, 2004; Myles, 2003) demonstrate empirical support. Finally, psychiatry has embraced CBP. In fact, March (2009) predicted that “psychiatry will move to a unified cognitive-behavioral intervention model that is housed within neurosciences medicine” (p. 174).
