Back to the future: Tracing the footsteps of mary cover jones - the treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders

Peter Muris

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-813004-9.00023-2

Back to the future: Tracing the footsteps of mary cover jones - the treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders

Peter Muris^*

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Abstract

Mary Cover Jones, “the mother of behavior therapy,” was among the first to apply the behavioral treatment principles to anxious children. This article describes the history and evolution of behavior therapy as a treatment for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. An overview will be provided on the status of the efficacy and effectiveness of (cognitive) behavior therapy for this target population, and a number of possible directions will be highlighted for further improving the effects of this intervention.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Pediatric Anxiety Disorders
Editors	Scott N. Compton, Hanne Kristensen, Marianne A. Villabø
Publisher	Academic Press
Chapter	23
Pages	521-533
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9780128130049, 9780128130056
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-813004-9.00023-2
Publication status	Published - Mar 2019

Keywords

Anxiety disorders
Behavioral and cognitive-behavioral therapy
Children and adolescents

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10.1016/b978-0-12-813004-9.00023-2

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