Brief Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression in Youth

V. Robin Weersing, PhD, is the Director of the Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Program (ChAAMP) at San Diego State University (SDSU) and a Professor and Associate Director in the Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology at SDSU and UC San Diego. Dr. Weersing's research focuses on the development of efficient and effective interventions to prevent the onset and treat the occurrence of anxiety and depression in youth. Her work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and acknowledged with numerous awards and fellowships including recognition from the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation, the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research, and the William T. Grant Foundation.Araceli Gonzalez, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychology at California State University Long Beach. Dr. Gonzalez has expertise in the assessment and treatment of anxiety, depression, and traumaticstress in youth, with a focus on improving mental health outcomes among underserved youth and parents and reducing mental health treatment disparities. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the American Psychological Foundation. Michelle Rozenman, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Behavioral Research for Anxiety interVention Efficiency (BRAVE) Lab at the University of Denver. Dr. Rozenman is an expert in evidence-based assessment and treatment of youth internalizing and obsessive compulsive and related disorders. Her research focuses on identifying and directly targeting mechanisms underlying anxiety-related problems in youth using experimental therapeutic and behavioral approaches. Her work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the International OCD Foundation.

• INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND FOR THERAPISTSChapter 1: SESSION 1: UNDERSTANDING STRESS AND MOODChapter 2: SESSION 2: RELAX YOUR SELF AND YOUR WORLDChapter 3: SESSION 3: PROBLEM-SOLVING PLANSChapter 4: SESSION 4: DEVELOPING A MASTER PLANChapter 5: SESSIONS 5 THROUGH 11: IMPLEMENTING THE MASTER PLANChapter 6: FINAL SESSION: RELAPSE PREVENTIONAPPENDIX I: IMPLEMENTATION APPENDIXAppendix A: Supplemental Content for Session 1 Appendix B: Supplemental Content for Session 2 Appendix C: Supplemental Content for Session 3 Appendix D: Supplemental Content for Session 4 Appendix E: Supplemental Content for Sessions 5 through 11Appendix F: Supplemental Content for the Final Session APPENDIX II: ACTIVITIES

I am so pleased to see the Brief Behavioral Therapy manual come to publication. BBT's behavioral focus provides a solid foundation for new therapists and enhances the skills of therapists who want more engagement and action in their therapeutic approach to anxiety and depression. Further, BBT is based on an impressive clinical trial in primary care, where the program was both clinically and cost-effective and worked with diverse families. Bringing high quality therapy for anxiety and depression to pediatric primary care is the only chance we have to meet the behavioral health needs of the 10-15% children and adolescents who currently suffer from anxiety and depression. BBT is a full-strength, transdiagnostic intervention perfect for explosive dissemination in diverse communities."-John T. Walkup, MD, Margaret C. Osterman Professor of Psychiatry, Chair, Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago