Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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Karolinska Institute, Human Cytochrome P450 (CYP)
Allele Nomenclature Committee: http://www.cypalle
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Approaches to intervention
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Cognitive–Behavioural Therapy
for Children and Adolescents
Cathy Creswell
1
and Thomas G. O’Connor
2
1
School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
2
Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
Cognitive–behavioural
therapy
(CBT)
is
a
treatment approach based on the general notion
that a psychological disorder is caused or main-
tained by ‘dysfunctional’ thought patterns and
lack of positively reinforced adaptive behavioural
coping strategies. CBT is a class of treatment; all
cognitive–behavioural treatments aim to identify
and reduce cognitive biases or distortions and
build effective coping and problem-solving skills.
After decades of extensive research on CBT in
adult populations [1], CBT is now being applied
to child and adolescent populations with success.