Abstract

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may normalize activity in some parts of the brain that are overactive in youth with anxiety disorders, suggests a report in the American Journal of Psychiatry, according to an American Psychiatric Association (APA) News Alert. After three months of CBT, youth with anxiety showed reduced activity in frontal and parietal brain regions, which are areas known to be involved with attention and emotional regulation.

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