title: Empirically tested psychotherapies for youth internalizing and externalizing problems and disorders.
abstract: This article is a review of specific psychotherapies that have been supported in clinical trials. Treatments that showed significant effects in studies published over a period of 4 decades were identified, with the goal of complementing the overall picture of treatment benefit provided in narrative reviews and meta-analyses with a detailing of the specific interventions that have shown significant effects. The article focuses on treatments for four broad clusters of problems and disorders that account for a very large proportion of youth mental health referrals: anxiety, depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity, and conduct.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California-Los Angeles, Franz Hall, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563, USA. weisz@psych.ucla.edu
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Weisz
authors.forename: Kristin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hawley
authors.forename: Amanda Jensen
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Doss
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic