More Support for Cognitive Behavior Therapy
The Lancet has published a series of very interesting articles on child maltreatment. In one of the articles, a group of doctors and psychologists from the UK, USA, Canada and New Zealand reviewed various programs to prevent and treat abuse. They concluded that the sexual abuse treatment with the most research support is trauma-focused cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT). They noted weaknesses in many of the studies of CBT, but noted the consensus that CBT "should be considered as the first-line treatment for sexually abused children and their families."
