Family accommodation describes changes that family members make to their own behavior,
to help their relative who is dealing with psychopathology, and to avoid or alleviate distress …

Objective: Research on family accommodation is burgeoning, implicating it in the
development, maintenance, and treatment of childhood anxiety. Additional data are needed …

Family accommodation is associated with an increase in anxiety and has recently received
attention as a target for intervention for youth anxiety. Existing theories posit that the …

Given the importance of family accommodation for the course, treatment and prognosis of
anxiety in pediatric populations, we conducted a meta-analysis to estimate the magnitude …

Pediatric anxiety disorders are common, impairing, and chronic when not effectively treated.
A growing body of research implicates family accommodation in the maintenance of …

Background Anxiety disorders are the most common childhood-onset psychiatric disorders
and are extensively associated with child functional impairment. Data suggest that family …

Background Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is known to cause significant burden to
patients and their caregivers. However, there is limited data on its impact on family …

Background Caregiver behaviors such as family accommodation (FA) are negatively
reinforced by reduced distress in the short term, but ultimately maintain symptoms. It is …

Objectives Appearance anxiety (AA) is a probable risk factor for body dysmorphic disorder
and a prevalent and debilitating concern. Extant literature suggests that romantic partners' …

Research documents that child and adolescent (youth) irritability and anxiety have high co-
occurrence, and anxious-irritable presentations are associated with greater impairment than …