Randomized controlled trials can provide strong evidence of whether complex social and psychological interventions are effective. But inadequate information in RCT reports makes it harder to trust the results. An international initiative is seeking to change this.
January 2014
28 January 2014
Some people respond well to cognitive behavioral therapy. Some don’t. A recent study found that kids with anxiety who responded well to CBT were still doing better up to two decades later than kids who didn’t respond well to treatment in childhood.
23 January 2014
Kids innately want to “do good,” according to a team of Dutch researchers. A cognitive behavioral program called TIGER - widely used in the Netherlands - aims to tap this internal motivation. Now the first test of the program in mental health centers suggests that it helps 8- to 11-year olds with problem behavior.
20 January 2014
Zippy may be the world’s most famous stick insect. The starring character in a program that teaches coping skills to six- to eight-year-olds, he and his friends feature in classrooms in two dozen countries. The most recent evaluation from Norway finds modest positive results of the program, although different outcomes for boys and girls mean there’s still more to learn.
16 January 2014
Children exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) in the first four years of their life are more likely to display aggressive behavior several years later, even after the exposure has ended.
13 January 2014
Schools around the world have increasingly adopted policies and practices designed to prevent bullying. However, failure to recognize differences between the experiences and reactions of students risks making interventions less effective than intended.
10 January 2014
A cognitive behavioral therapy program for first-year secondary school students reduced their anxiety levels, but did not help them adjust better to school, a new study finds.
06 January 2014
When children are terrified of leaving their parents, who should be the focus of treatment – kids, parents, or both? A new study turns up a surprising result: in a randomized trial, there was little difference between treating the children alone and treating both parents and kids.
