‘Research Review: The internalizing paradox – youth anxiety and depression symptoms, psychotherapy outcomes, and implications for research and practice’
Paper from the JCPP
Youth anxiety and depression have long been combined within the empirically derived internalizing syndrome. The two conditions show substantial comorbidity, symptom co-occurrence, and overlap in treatment procedures, but paradoxically diverge in psychotherapy outcomes: strong, positive effects for anxiety and weak effects for depression.
Authors: John R. Weisz, Olivia M. Fitzpatrick, Katherine E. Venturo-Conerly, Ariel Sternberg, Joshua S. Steinberg, Mei Yi Ng
First published: 24 May 2023
https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13820
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