Cervin2020 - Symptom-specific effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy, sertraline, and their combination in a large randomized controlled trial of pediatric anxiety disorders

  • Type:#article
  • Year read:#read2022
  • Subject: CBT Network theory of psychopathology
  • Bibtex: @cervin2020b
  • Bibliography: Cervin, M., Storch, E. A., Piacentini, J., Birmaher, B., Compton, S. N., Albano, A. M., Gosch, E., Walkup, J. T., & Kendall, P. C. (2020). Symptom‐specific effects of cognitive‐behavioral therapy, sertraline, and their combination in a large randomized controlled trial of pediatric anxiety disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(4), 492–502. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13124

Example citation

One study investigated the network effects of CBT and sertraline in treating pediatric anxiety, and found that the treatments were effective through reductions in the same symptoms [@cervin2020b]

Key takeaways

  • Network Intervention Analysis of treatment-specific effects.
  • Kids with anxiety disorders received either CBT, sertraline, or both (n = 488).
  • Psychological distress was the most central symptom, physical symptoms the least central.

R-packages:

  • mgm (pairwise mixed graphical models)
  • qgraph (visualization of networks)