标题:StopChildren‘Catching’YourAnxietyBeforeIt’sTooLate source:psyblog 翻译请保留原文链接哦 欲翻译的小伙伴,可评论领稿,并把已完成的译文发在自己的心理圈or个人主页的日志内。请领稿的小伙伴,尽量在一个星期内完成翻译,谢谢!! Anewstudyfindsthatafamilytherapyinterventioncanhelpbreakthecycleofanxietyfromparenttochild。 Thestudyincluded136familieswhereatleastoneparentstruggledwithanxiety。 Theyweresplitintothreegroups,whichreceivedeither: ayear’stherapistdirectedfamilytherapy, orwritteninstructions, ornothing。 Afterjustoneyear,31ofchildrenofparentswithanxietywhodidnotgototherapyorgetinstructionshaddevelopedanxiety。 DrGoldaGinsburg,apsychiatristandfirstauthorofthestudy,said: “Thefindingunderscoresthevulnerabilityofoffspringofanxiousparents。 Ifwecanidentifykidsatrisk,let’stryandpreventthis。” However,ofchildrenthatdevelopedanxietyinoneyearwasjust9。 Intheinstructiongroup,21developedanxiety。 Familiesinthetherapygroupweretaughttoidentifythesignsofanxietyandhowtodealwiththem。 Oneiscalled‘therealitycheck’。 It’sallaboutdecidingwhichanxietiesareworthpayingattentionto,DrGinsburg: “Wetaughtthekidshowtoidentifyscarythoughts,andhowtochangethem。 Forexample,ifachildisafraidofcatsandencountersoneinthestreet,thechildcanfirstidentifythescarythought:“Thatcatisgoingtohurtme。” Thenthechildcantestthatthoughtisitlikelythatthecatwillhurtme? No,thecatdoesn’tlookangry。 Itisn’tbaringitsteethorhissing,it’sjustsittingthere。 OK,Icanwalkpastthatcatanditwon’tdoanything。” Thefamilytherapyconsistedofeightonehoursessions,butDrGinsburgwondersifthisisenough。 Justasyoumightgoforamedicalcheckup,therecouldbevalueinhavingapsychologicalcheckupfromtimetotime。 DrGinsburgsaid: “I’dsayweneedtochangeourmodelofmentalhealthtoacheckupmethod。 Likegoingtothedentisteverysixmonths。” TAmericanJournalofPsychiatry(Ginsburgetal。,2015)。