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Connectivity between the central executive and salience networks normalizes with exposure-focused CBT in pediatric anxiety

2026-01-30 psychiatry and clinical psychology Title + abstract only
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Exposure is considered the most active element of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for pediatric anxiety, and its efficacy is theorized to depend on cognitive control and its supporting neural substrates (e.g., central executive [CEN], salience [SN], and default mode networks [DMN]). However, little work has identified how CBT, or exposure specifically, modulates intrinsic connectivity of these networks. Progress may be limited by heterogeneity in network connectivity in anxiety, which may obs...

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