Exposure Therapy for Children with Anxiety and OCD. Clinician's Guide to Integrated Treatment

Table of Contents

Section I: Basics of Exposure Therapy for Children and Adolescents 1. History and Theoretical Underpinnings of Exposure Therapy 2. Efficacy of Exposure-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 3. Psychoeducation for Exposure Therapy 4. Charting the Course of Treatment: Strategies for Developing and Optimizing a Symptom Hierarchy 5. Developing and Implementing Successful Exposure-Based Interventions

Section II: Implementing Exposure by Diagnosis 6. Exposure Therapy for Childhood Selective Mutism: Principles, Practices, and Procedures 7. Exposure Therapy for Separation Anxiety Disorder 8. Exposure Therapy for Specific Phobias in Children and Adolescents 9. Exposure Therapy for Children and Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder 10. Exposure Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents 11. Exposure with Response Prevention for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Section III: Developmental Considerations 12. Using Exposure with Young Children 13. Using Exposure with Adolescents and Youth Adults 14. Involving Family Members in Exposure Therapy for Children and Adolescents

Section IV: Adaptations for Complex Presentations 15. Transdiagnostic Exposure-Based Intervention for Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents 16. Overcoming Challenges in Exposure Therapy 17. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy--Enhanced Exposures for Children and Adolescents

Authors

Tara S. Peris University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Dr. Peris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Program Director of the ABC Children's Partial Hospitalization Program. She serves on the editorial board of several leading journals and she has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles on pediatric anxiety, OCD, and related conditions. In addition, she has co-authored a treatment manual for difficult-to-treat cases of OCD. Dr. Peris has received grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, International Obsessive Compulsive Foundation, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Affective Disorders, TLC Foundation for Body-focused Repetitive Behavior Disorders; and the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. She is the recipient of the Abidin Early Career Award from the APA. Eric A. Storch McIngvale Presidential Endowed Chair and Professor, Vice Chair and Head of Psychology, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Dr. Eric Storch is McIngvale Presidential Endowed Chair & Professor at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Storch has received multiple grants from federal agencies for his research (i.e., NIH, CDC), is a Fulbright Scholar, and has published over 14 books and over 500 articles and chapters. He specializes in the nature and treatment of childhood and adult obsessive-compulsive disorder and related conditions, anxiety disorders, and anxiety among youth with autism. Joseph F. McGuire Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, USA. Dr. McGuire has over 10 years of research and clinical experience in the assessment and treatment of Tourette syndrome (TS), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related conditions in children and adults. He has received research support from the National Institute of Mental Health, Tourette Association, and has published over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles related to the assessment and treatment of TS and related conditions.