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Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents

Silverman, W K (ed)

Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents - 2nd - Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011

This second edition is a guide to understanding anxiety disorders in children and young people. It covers: historical and conceptual issues; classification of child and adolescent anxiety; the 'normal' development of fear; adult models of anxiety and their application to children and adolescents; the genetic basis of child and adolescent anxiety; the brain and behaviour in childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders; the role of learning in the aetiology of child and adolescent fear and anxiety; traumatic events; child-parent relations - attachment and anxiety disorders; peer influences; prevention of child and adolescent anxiety disorders; pharmacological management of childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders; treatment - an update and recommendations for research and practice.

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