Kristen Benito

Mechanisms of Change in Exposure Therapy for Anxiety and Related Disorders: A Research Agenda

Clinical Psychological Science · 2024-05-25 · 27 citations

Anxiety and related disorders are a significant public health burden with rising prevalence in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As demand for effective anxiety treatment increases, so too does the need for strategies to bolster treatment outcomes. Research on the mechanisms of exposure therapy, the frontline behavioral treatment, will be critically important for optimizing clinical outcomes. We outline an initial agenda for future research on the mechanisms of change of exposure therapy, devel…

Therapist Behavior During Exposure Tasks Predicts Habituation and Clinical Outcome in Three Randomized Controlled Trials for Pediatric OCD

Behavior Therapy · 2020 · 25 citations

Improving Delivery Behaviors During Exposure for Pediatric OCD: A Multiple Baseline Training Trial With Community Therapists

Behavior Therapy · 2020 · 17 citations

Parent-identified barriers to accessing exposure therapy: A qualitative study using process mapping

Frontiers in Psychiatry · 2023-03-20 · 15 citations

Background: Youth with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) rarely access exposure therapy, an evidence-based treatment. Known barriers include transportation, waitlists, and provider availability. Efforts to improve access to exposure require an understanding of the process that families take to find therapists, yet no prior studies have examined parents' perspectives of the steps involved. Methods: ) were recruited from a hospital-based specialty anxiety clinic where the majority of…

Moderators of Psychosocial Treatment for Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Summary and Recommendations for Future Directions

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology · 2020 · 15 citations

This brief report examines the evidence for moderators of psychosocial treatment for youth with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Understanding treatment moderators can help clinicians select the most appropriate intervention for a particular patient and consequently increase the likelihood of initial response. A systematic search of the literature was conducted to identify randomized trials and meta-analyses reporting on moderators of psychosocial treatment for pediatric OCD. All studies inc…