A common assumption is that all youth with anxiety disorders (AD) experience impaired peer relationships relative to healthy control children. Social impairments have been identified among youth with certain AD (e.g., social anxiety disorder; SAD), but less is known about the peer relationships of...
On the basis of the clinical history, she was thought to have a probable chronic tension-type headache, and a psychological assessment was deemed necessary, which confirmed the separation anxiety disorder as the cause of her symptoms. The patient and the family have been invited to join a ...
Children with anxiety disorders experience phobias that reveal belief in a hostile, dangerous and threatening world, built upon unresolved childhood dramas of their parents, that are projected onto the child. Facing up to this terrifying world make use of creative adjustments that are defensive ...
with daily life activities,it is time to seek an evaluation from a mental health professional. Consider the following example of a child who suffered stress disorder.Maria,age l2,was at her physician’s office awaiting her yearly checkup.A bullet from a gun battle in the next building tore ...
Background: The lifelong experience of raising a child with a complex developmental disability such as autistic disorder is con- sidered one of the most significant parenting stressors, with the potential to spill over into various areas of the life of parents. Therefore, studying the psychological...
Four techniques prepare a parent to assist a child with the anxiety that is overarching today. First, empathize with a child’s anxiety. For example, “You are worried about your math test. It’s a big worry. I get it.” The empathy helps a child feel understood, close to the ...
My daughter is now that age that I started being abused and with her starting Kindergarten this fall, being at a new school where I do not know the teachers and staff yet, it brought on panic attacks and high anxiety that something was going to happen to her like it did me. It got...
Practice parameter for assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with bipolar disorder Objective To evaluate the prevalence of somatic symptoms (SSs) in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders; the relationship between SSs and anxiety... AAO Child - 《Journal of the American Academy...
Although the construct of anxiety sensitivity (AS), or the fear of anxiety symptoms and the belief that negative outcomes will result from them (Reiss in Clinical Psychology Review, 11(2), 141−153, 1991) has been associated with anxiety in both parents and children, parental AS has not ...
Anxiety disorders are some of the most common psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescence. In children younger than 12 years, the prevalence varies between 2.6 and 5.2%, with separation anxiety being the most common disorder [1,2]. Many children with anxiety disorders exhibit significant and...