Psychological Treatments for Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Evidence of Leading International Organizations
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Gálvez Lara, Mario
Corpas López, Jorge
Moreno, Eliana M.
Venceslá, José Fernando
Sánchez Raya, Araceli
Moriana Elvira, Juan Antonio
Editor
SpringerFecha
2018Materia
Psychological TreatmentsChild and Adolescent Mental Disorders
Evidence-based Psychology
Review article
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In recent decades, the evidence on psychological treatments for children and adolescents has increased considerably. Several organizations have proposed different criteria to evaluate the evidence of psychological treatment in this age group. The aim of this study was to analyze evidence-based treatments drawn from RCTs, reviews, meta-analyses, guides and lists provided by four leading international organizations. The institutions reviewed were the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Division 53) of the American
Psychological Association (APA), Cochrane Collaboration and the Australian
Psychological Society (APS) in relation to mental disorders in children and adolescents.
A total of 137 treatments were analyzed for 17 mental disorders and compared to
determine the level of agreement among the organizations. The results indicate that, in
most cases, there is little agreement among organizations and that there are several
discrepancies within certain disorders. These results require reflection on the meaning
attributed to evidence-based treatments with regard to psychological treatments in
children and adolescents. The possible reasons for these differences could be explained
by a combination of different issues: the procedures or committees may be biased,
different studies were reviewed, different criteria are used by the organizations or the
reviews of existing evidence were conducted in different time periods.