Unified Protocol for Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial for the Portuguese Population

"UP-C is a transdiagnostic and emotion-focused cognitive-behavioral group intervention for children aged 6-13 years old with emotions disorders (i.e., anxious and/or mood disorders) and their parents. UP-C unifies cognitive-behavioral, contextual (eg. mindfulness) and parental training techniques aiming to reduce the intensity and frequency of children's clinical symptomatology.~The intervention consists of 15 weekly group sessions (90 minutes per session; 5-8 children and parents per group) conducted by at least two clinical psychologists trained in the UP-C. The sessions start with the parents and children together (15 minutes); then, one psychologist conduct the session with the group of children while the other psychologist conduct the session with the group of parents, simultaneously (60 minutes); finally, the session ends with the group together (15 minutes). This is a structured and manualized intervention with a manual for the therapist and a workbook for the child and parents."

"ABC of Emotions is a psychoeducational group intervention for children with anxiety and/or mood disorders, aged between 6 to 13 years. ABC of Emotions consists of 5 group psychoeducation sessions (about 90 minutes per session; 5-8 children per group). This is a structured and manualized intervention, with a manual for the therapist and a workbook for the child.~The contents of the sessions were developed by the researchers of this study and are based on classic psychoeducational cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBT) strategies. Since anxiety disorders are more frequent in childhood than mood disorders (e.g., Merikangas et al., 2009), this program is essentially based on psychoeducation materials focused on emotions such as anxiety and fear. However, the same materials are available in an attachment, adapted for use with children to whom the main emotion is not fear/anxiety, but sadness (as in mood disorders)."