Building an Outcomes Assessment Infrastructure to Assess Anxiety Treatment

Inclusion Criteria: * All youth who are eligible to participate in the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program will be invited to participate in the research study. * Eligibility criteria for the McLean Anxiety Mastery Program include: * children and adolescents who are between the ages of 6 and 19 and * who present with at least one of the following disorders: * Separation Anxiety Disorder, * Social Anxiety Disorder, * Panic Disorder, * Agoraphobia, * Specific Phobia(s), and * OCD. * Interested and eligible patients and their caregivers should complete and submit an application (https://www.mcleanhospital.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/MAMP-Application-07032021\_0.pdf) to begin the phone screen process. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients ineligible for the treatment program, and therefore the study, include those who have engaged in substance abuse during the six weeks prior to the first evaluation (i.e., waitlist or admission) the phone screening, * those who report that they are unwilling to refrain from self-injurious behaviors during the waitlist and treatment periods, * those who are experiencing active symptoms of psychosis, * those who exhibit severe behavioral disinhibition or aggression, and * those who express an intent and/or plan to commit suicide or homicide at the time of their first evaluation the initial phone screening. * Patients must be fluent in English to participate in the program because all off-grounds exposure groups will be co…