Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), particularly the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), have made groundbreaking discoveries regarding the neural intricacies of anxiety disorders in children.
The study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, uncovered overactivation in various brain regions, including the frontal and parietal lobes, along with the amygdala, among unmedicated children with anxiety disorders. Remarkably, the research demonstrated that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) not only alleviated clinical symptoms but also induced positive changes in brain functioning.
This discovery suggests that the brain changes induced by CBT could serve as reliable neural markers for anxiety treatment, shedding light on the acute effects of this widely used therapeutic approach.
Reporting for WGRT – Choze Powell
