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University of South Florida

2018

Children

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D-Cycloserine-Augmented One-Session Treatment Of Specific Phobias In Children And Adolescents, Lara J. Farrell, Allison M. Waters, Ella L. Oar, Evelin Tiralongo, Vinay Garbharran, Clair Alston-Knox, Harry Mcconnell, Nigel Collings, Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Caroline L. Donovan, Chris Testa, Eric A. Storch, Thomas H. Ollendick Jan 2018

D-Cycloserine-Augmented One-Session Treatment Of Specific Phobias In Children And Adolescents, Lara J. Farrell, Allison M. Waters, Ella L. Oar, Evelin Tiralongo, Vinay Garbharran, Clair Alston-Knox, Harry Mcconnell, Nigel Collings, Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Caroline L. Donovan, Chris Testa, Eric A. Storch, Thomas H. Ollendick

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Background: D-Cycloserine has potential to enhance exposure therapy outcomes. The current study presents a preliminary randomized, placebo-controlled double-blind pilot trial of DCS-augmented one-session treatment (OST) for youth (7–14 years) with specific phobia. A secondary aim of this pilot study was to explore the effects of youth age and within-session fear reduction as potential moderators of DCS outcomes in order to generate hypotheses for a larger trial. It was hypothesized that DCS would be associated with greater improvements than placebo, that children (7–10 years) would have greater benefits than adolescents (11–14 years), and that DCS effects would be stronger for participants …