Evaluation and treatment of anxiety disorders in the general pediatric population: a clinician's guide.
This article provides an overview of research on the recognition, assessment, and treatment of children and adolescents who have anxiety disorders and emphasizes practical issues facing clinicians. Discussion includes an overview of the prevalence and consequences of anxiety and reviews assessment tools, maintenance factors, and evidence-based approaches to treatment. Topics also include developmental considerations, approaches to informant discrepancy, predictors of treatment outcome, and recent innovative approaches to treatment that may potentially improve dissemination to the general pediatric population.
Lyneham
Heidi J
HJ
Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales 2109, Australia. heidi.lyneham@psy.mq.edu.au
Rapee
Ronald M
RM
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence