Trial Information

Summary: Child Anxiety

A free child anxiety study is being conducted by Melody Keller, M.A. and Michelle Craske, Ph.D. at the University of California, Los Angeles. The purpose of this study is to determine whether anxious children between the ages of 6 - 12 y/o and their mothers can benefit from a Cognitive-Behavioral Skills-Based Program delivered over the Internet. Eligible mothers and children are randomly assigned to one of two 12-week conditions:

an Internet Program condition or a Waitlist condition. People placed in the waitlist condition will be given access to the internet program at the end of the study. People from across the United States are welcome to join this study. You do NOT need to come into the research lab. Everything will be conducted online or over the telephone.

Patient Inclusion Criteria:

• Your child must be between the ages of 6 - 12 y/o.
• In order to be in this study, you (the mother) and your child must speak English fluently.
• You (the mother) and your child must be able to read in English.
• Be part of a family with regular access to a computer that is connected to the internet
• You and your child must receive certain scores on measures of anxiety and depression
• Have an emergency contact person to call if an emergency were to arise

Patient Exclusion Criteria:

• Your child cannot be in this study if he or she has ever been diagnosed with Mental Retardation, Autism, Asperger’s Disorder, or Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD).
• You (the mother) and your child cannot be in this study if either of you is currently receiving Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for any mental health problem.
• You (the mother) cannot be taking parenting classes or receiving therapy aimed at addressing parenting skills.
• If you (the mother) and/or your child are on medication, the dose(s) must be stable.

If you would like to learn more about participating in this study, please send an e-mail message using the form below.