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Necessary Adaptations to CBT with Pediatric Patients

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Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Medical Conditions

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Within pediatric medical settings, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) shows promise for treatment targets such as anxiety, depression, pain, and somatic symptoms, as well as adherence to medical regimens and family challenges. This chapter will describe a CBT framework for understanding behavioral health symptoms and discuss the role of physical symptoms in this model. Guidance on tailoring CBT approaches for these medical targets and sensitively adapting core CBT principles and interventions to improve “goodness-of-fit” for medically compromised youth will be discussed. Limitations and common pitfalls in applying CBT with medical illness will also be highlighted.

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  1. Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Corinne Catarozoli

  2. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child Study Center, Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, New York, NY, USA

    Lara Brodzinsky & Becky H. Lois

  3. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine and Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, New York, NY, USA

    Christina G. Salley

  4. Dell Children’s Medical Center Chronic Disease Program, Dell Medical Group, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

    Samantha P. Miller

  5. Division of Behavioral Health, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children and Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Wilmington, DE, USA

    Johanna L. Carpenter

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Catarozoli, C., Brodzinsky, L., Salley, C.G., Miller, S.P., Lois, B.H., Carpenter, J.L. (2019). Necessary Adaptations to CBT with Pediatric Patients. In: Friedberg, R.D., Paternostro, J.K. (eds) Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Medical Conditions. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21683-2_8

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