title: Current perspectives on anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: an overview.
abstract: This report provides an overview of the status of child and adolescent anxiety disorders. General biological and theoretical concepts of anxiety are reviewed, as are current diagnostic systems. We then examine developmental, epidemiologic, and clinical data, as they add to our understanding of child and adolescent anxiety disorders. A brief discussion of the assessment and treatment of childhood anxiety is also included. Some areas of future research are identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center, University of Missouri-Columbia 65201.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kashani
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Dandoy
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orvaschel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001143:Arousal; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory