The Philadelphia (PA) Inquirer (3/13, Giordano) reports, “In a new program developed at the Yale Child Study Center called SPACE, or Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions,” adults “are being taught to help their kids manage anxiety by reducing – lovingly and supportively – the accommodations the adults make for their children’s symptoms.” A 124-child study published online March 6 “in the Journal of the American Academy of Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatry…found this admittedly old-school approach of limiting accommodations was not only effective but appeared to work as well as…cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).” The Inquirer adds, “Nearly a third of adolescents have had an anxiety disorder, and more than eight percent of them experience severe impairment, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.”
Related Links:
— “Childhood anxiety treatment may best be targeted at parents, study finds, “Rita Giordano, The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 13, 2019