This study is looking at a new way to help children and teenagers (ages 8-17) with anxiety disorders like separation anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, or social anxiety. It combines standard talk therapy called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with something called Gaze-Contingent Music Reward Therapy (GCMRT). GCMRT involves watching faces on a computer screen while pleasant music plays, and your eye movements are tracked. Researchers want to see if adding GCMRT to CBT works better than CBT alone to reduce anxiety. The study plans to enroll 150 participants, and success will be measured by changes in anxiety levels using a tool called the Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale (PARS) over 13 weeks. The current status of this study is unclear.

Study design

This interventional study plans to enroll 150 participants. All participants will receive CBT and will then be randomly assigned to receive either active or control forms of GCMRT.

What's involved

You would attend the clinic once a week for 4 weeks for CBT. After 3 weeks of CBT, you would be randomly assigned to receive GCMRT along with CBT for 9 more weeks.

Compensation

Not stated in the trial record.

Follow-up

Your anxiety levels will be measured weekly for 13 weeks.

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