title: Early Treatment Response in Children and Adolescents Receiving CBT for Trauma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the incidence and correlates of early treatment response among youth receiving cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
  
  
  METHODS
  56 youth who participated in a randomized controlled trial of CBT for PTSD and D-cycloserine were included. Youth with PTSD symptoms below clinical cutoff after Session 4 of a 12-session protocol were classified as early treatment responders (32% of parent reports, 44.6% of child reports). Pretreatment characteristics were examined in relation to responder status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Lower levels of pretreatment PTSD, depression, and anxiety symptoms and fewer trauma types were related to child- and parent-reported responder status (d = .57, d = .52, respectively). Early treatment response was maintained at follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pretreatment symptoms levels and number of traumas may play an important role in predicting early treatment response. Correlates of early treatment response may provide avenues for identifying youth who could benefit from abbreviated protocols.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Medicine and WamserR@umsl.edu.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wamser-Nanney
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University School of Medicine and.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Scheeringa
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans.
authors.forename: Carl F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Weems
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: PTSD; children and adolescents; cognitive behavior therapy; early treatment response