当试图帮助反弹时:心理社会干预可能无意中延长青少年焦虑症
Erin E Dunning1, Anika N Khan1,2, Emily M Becker-Haimes1,2
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Research on child and adolescent psychopathology
|April 26, 2025
概括
儿童焦虑障碍的许多干预措施可以通过避免恐惧来延长痛苦. 像认知行为疗法 (CBT) 这样的可访问,基于证据的治疗方法对于有效的青年焦虑管理至关重要.
科学领域:
- 儿童和青少年精神病学
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 焦虑症在年轻人中很普遍,并且会影响年轻人的健康.
- 已经确立的治疗方法,如以暴露为重点的认知行为疗法 (CBT) 存在.
- 许多当前的干预方法缺乏经验支持,可能会加剧焦虑.
研究的目的:
- 为焦虑的年轻人讨论流行和新兴的心理社会干预措施.
- 突出可能无意中延长焦虑的干预措施.
- 倡导青少年心理健康的基于证据的方法.
主要方法:
- 基于认知行为原理的理论评论.
- 对青少年焦虑的流行和新兴心理社会干预措施的分析.
- 讨论与非经验支持的干预相关的潜在危害.
主要成果:
- 获得青少年焦虑的黄金标准CBT仍然具有挑战性.
- 一些干预措施促进避免,阻碍自我效能和纠正学习.
- 缺乏明确的理论或证据基础的干预措施具有不确定的好处.
结论:
- 对于儿童焦虑的可访问,经验支持的干预措施有着极大的需求.
- 心理社会干预必须仔细评估,以避免延长焦虑.
- 未来的研究,政策和部署应该优先考虑基于证据的做法,并减轻潜在的危害.
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