Eclectic approach to anxiety disorders among rural children

Childhood anxiety disorders. Approach to intervention.

OBJECTIVE To present an approach to intervention in childhood anxiety disorders. SOURCES OF INFORMATION This paper is based on selected findings from a MEDLINE search for recent literature on childhood anxiety disorders and on my experience as a child psychiatrist and researcher in a specialized anxiety disorders clinic. MAIN MESSAGE Children with symptoms of high sympathetic arousal; persi...

P40: Anxiety Disorders Signs in Children

It’s usual for children to feel anxious or concerned from time to time, such as when they’re starting school or kindergarten, or moving to a new area. Anxiety can make a child feel frightened, scared, shamefaced or embarrassed. Several of the signs to look out for in your child are: finding it hard to concentrate, not sleeping, or awakening in the night with bad dreams, not eat...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an Effective Approach to Reduce Anxiety Symptoms and Comorbid Anxiety Disorders in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Anxiety when compared to No Treatment

Interpretation and Expectations Among Mothers of Children with Anxiety Disorders: Associations With Maternal Anxiety Disorder

BACKGROUND Models of the development and maintenance of childhood anxiety suggest an important role for parent cognitions: that is, negative expectations of children's coping abilities lead to parenting behaviors that maintain child anxiety. The primary aims of the current study were to (1) compare expectations of child vulnerability and coping among mothers of children with anxiety disorders o...

Using Symptom and Interference Questionnaires to Identify Recovery Among Children With Anxiety Disorders

Questionnaires are widely used in routine clinical practice to assess treatment outcomes for children with anxiety disorders. This study was conducted to determine whether 2 widely used child and parent report questionnaires of child anxiety symptoms and interference (Spence Child Anxiety Scale [SCAS-C/P] and Child Anxiety Impact Scale [CAIS-C/P]) accurately identify recovery from common child ...