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  2. Stress in early childhood - Wikipedia

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    Children may exhibit behavioral symptoms such as over-activity, disobedience to parental or caretaker's instructions. New habits or habits of regression may appear, such as thumb-sucking, wetting the bed and teeth grinding. Children may exhibit changes in eating habits or other habits such as biting nails or picking at skin due to stress. [28]

  3. Anxiety disorder - Wikipedia

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    Like adults, children can experience anxiety disorders; between 10 and 20 percent of all children will develop a full-fledged anxiety disorder prior to the age of 18, [106] making anxiety the most common mental health issue in young people. Anxiety disorders in children are often more challenging to identify than their adult counterparts, owing ...

  4. Prevalence of mental disorders - Wikipedia

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    The first published figures on the 14 country surveys completed to date, indicate that, of those disorders assessed, anxiety disorders are the most common in all but 1 country (prevalence in the prior 12-month period of 2.4% to 18.2%) and mood disorders next most common in all but 2 countries (12-month prevalence of 0.8% to 9.6%), while ...

  5. Screening for anxiety and depression useful for kids as young ...

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    Routine screening for anxiety and depression may be useful for older children and teenagers, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said Tuesday.. But despite a growing mental health crisis among ...

  6. Depression in childhood and adolescence - Wikipedia

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    In the 1990s, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) found that up to 7% of adolescents who develop major depressive disorder may commit suicide as young adults. [18] Such statistics demonstrate the importance of interventions by family and friends, the importance of early diagnosis, and treatment by medical staff, in order to prevent ...

  7. Screening for anxiety and depression useful for kids as young ...

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    What are signs of anxiety and depression in a child? Routine screening may be useful for older children and teenagers, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said.

  8. Child psychopathology - Wikipedia

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    Child psychopathology can cause separation anxiety from parents, [citation needed] attention deficit disorders in children, [14] sleep disorders in children, [15] aggression with both peers and adults, [16] night terrors, [17] extreme anxiety, [18] anti social behavior, [19] depression symptoms, [20] aloof attitude, [21] sensitive emotions, [22 ...

  9. Childhood phobia - Wikipedia

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    In this study of 50 hydrophobic children around the mean age of 5½ the results were as follows: [2] 2% of parents linked their child's phobia to a direct conditioning episode. 26% of parents linked their child's phobia to a vicarious conditioning episodes. 56% of parents linked their child's phobia to their child's very first contact with water