Citation

Madden S. Med. Today (Neutral Bay) 2005; 6(5): 14-19.

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(Copyright © 2005)

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Abstract

• Anxiety disorders are among the most common psychiatric disorders affecting children and adolescents. • Untreated anxiety disorders in children and adolescents are associated with high rates of impairment in educational and social development during adolescence, and with adult anxiety disorders, substance abuse, unemployment and social isolation. • Anxiety disorders are highly treatable with psychological therapies (including cognitive behavioural and family therapy) and antidepressant medications. • Common anxiety presentations in children and adolescents include separation anxiety with school refusal and somatisation (headaches, abdominal pain), anxiety about school performance and social anxiety.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescent; human; suicide; child; insomnia; clinical trial; fatigue; article; antidepressant agent; sexual dysfunction; clinical feature; fluoxetine; fluvoxamine; sedation; serotonin uptake inhibitor; sertraline; tricyclic antidepressant agent; headache; behavior therapy; cognitive therapy; academic achievement; anxiety disorder; childhood disease; sleep disorder; child development; alprazolam; sudden death; placebo; benzodiazepine derivative; family therapy; drug fatality; restlessness; somatization; side effect; fluvoxamine maleate; hypomania; withdrawal syndrome; agitation; clonazepam; drug half life; separation anxiety; concentration loss; zactin; abdominal discomfort; auscap; fluohexal; movox; xydep