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It is designed for youth and their parents and targets both anxiety and depression. The program reduced the likelihood of children developing an anxiety disorder 6 months post-treatment. [19] Other languages: The Coping Cat has been translated into Spanish, [20] Chinese, Hungarian, Japanese, and Norwegian. [6]
A study just published in the prestigious Journal of Anxiety Disorders describes a "novel treatment" for clinically anxious kids: letting them do new things, on their own, without their parents ...
Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is the most common anxiety disorder in children which is characterized by an “excessive fear response to real or imagined separation from a caregiver”. [27] PCIT involves many parenting skills that are important in reducing children's anxiety, such as command training, selective attention, reinforcement ...
In children or adolescents, CBT is an effective part of treatment plans for anxiety disorders, [64] body dysmorphic disorder, [65] depression and suicidality, [66] eating disorders [7] and obesity, [67] obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), [68] and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), [69] tic disorders, trichotillomania, and other ...
Children may develop phobias or anxiety disorders for a variety of reasons, including genetics, direct negative experiences with an event or object, observation of others or overhearing ...
The other two really big behavioral signs of anxiety that we see all the time is separation anxiety, or fear of being away from a parent, and then avoidance. There can also be social anxiety as a ...
The principles of systematic desensitization can be used by children to help reduce their test anxiety. Children can practice the muscle relaxation techniques by tensing and relaxing different muscle groups. With older children and college students, an explanation of desensitization can help to increase the effectiveness of the process.
The psychiatric assessment of a child or adolescent starts with obtaining a psychiatric history by interviewing the young person and his/her parents or caregivers. The assessment includes a detailed exploration of the current concerns about the child's emotional or behavioral problems, the child's physical health and development, history of parental care (including possible abuse and neglect ...