With research mounting on how effective Cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBT) are in treating mental health issues in children and adolescents, the question becomes:
If you aren't using some form of CBT in your interventions, then what exactly are you doing?
The studies have included depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, ADHD, and other issues. The UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence suggests that CBT should be the first-line intervention for children with all levels of depression. The Center for Disease Control reports CBT is effective for children and teenagers in treating anxiety, depressive disorders, and symptoms resulting from trauma.
As parents and professionals, we need to choose interventions that work, and use them as a First-line intervention. There are many other forms of intervention with little or no research to back them up.
With CBT interventions, like the Challenge Software Program, that are fun, affordable and easy to use, being made readily available, there seems to be no reason why children struggling with these symptoms aren't being given access to effective intervention.
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