Integrating Illness Concerns Into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Co-Occurring Anxiety

Authors

Laura C. Reigada, City University of New York
Keith J. Benkov, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFollow
Jean Marie Bruzzese, Columbia UniversityFollow
Claire Hoogendoorn, University of Pittsburgh
Eva Szigethy, University of PittsburghFollow
Alexis Briggie, New York University
Deborah J. Walder, University of PittsburghFollow
Carrie Masia, Montclair State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2013

Journal / Book Title

Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing

Abstract

Purpose: To examine the feasibility and preliminary benefits of an integrative cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease and anxiety. Design and Methods: Nine adolescents participated in a CBT program at their gastroenterologist's office. Structured diagnostic interviews, self-report measures of anxiety and pain, and physician-rated disease severity were collected pretreatment and post-treatment. Results: Postintervention, 88% of adolescents were treatment responders, and 50% no longer met criteria for their principal anxiety disorder. Decreases were demonstrated in anxiety, pain, and disease severity. Practice Implications: Anxiety screening and a mental health referral to professionals familiar with medical management issues is important.

DOI

10.1111/jspn.12019

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Reigada, Laura C.; Benkov, Keith J.; Bruzzese, Jean Marie; Hoogendoorn, Claire; Szigethy, Eva; Briggie, Alexis; Walder, Deborah J.; and Masia, Carrie, "Integrating Illness Concerns Into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Co-Occurring Anxiety" (2013). Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 286.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/psychology-facpubs/286

Published Citation

Reigada, L.C., Benkov, K.J., Bruzzese, J.-M., Hoogendoorn, C., Szigethy, E., Briggie, A., Walder, D.J. and Warner, C.M. (2013), Integrative Treatment for Anxiety. J Spec Pediatr Nurs, 18: 133-143. https://doi.org/10.1111/jspn.12019