Association For Child And Adolescent Mental Health (acamh)

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.28495 In this Papers Podcast, Dr. John Weisz discusses his JCPP paper ‘Research Review: The internalizing paradox – youth anxiety and depression symptoms, psychotherapy outcomes, and implications for research and practice’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13820). There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include: An explanation of what the internalizing paradox is. The five different possible explanations for the internalizing paradox. The differential comorbidities between anxiety disorders and depressive disorders. Insight into ‘variegated nature of polythetic conditions’. A definition of differential progress in the search for mechanisms of change. How differential complexity of evidence-based psychotherapy protocols relate to the internalizing paradox. The clinician’s challenge. How the different perspectives suggest different treatment strategies and insight into these strategies. The limitations of current re