Anxiety and depression. It is not uncommon for children to be diagnosed with both depression and an anxiety disorder, or depression and general anxiety. About ...
Social anxiety disorder. Social anxiety disorder, or social phobia, is characterized by an intense fear of social and performance situations and activities. This can significantly ...
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Children with posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, may have intense fear and anxiety; become emotionally numb or easily irritable; or avoid ...
Panic disorder. Panic disorder is diagnosed if your child suffers at least two unexpected panic or anxiety attacks—which means they come on suddenly and for ...
THE TREATMENT OF AGORAPHOBIA. Beginning in the 1960s a variety of behavioral treatments for agoraphobia were investigated including systematic desensitization, and imaginal flooding, in addition ...
Agoraphobia. Agoraphobia, also referred to as panic disorder with agoraphobia, is the most common and among the most debilitating of the anxiety disorders among adults. ...
Panic Disorder of anxiety. The distinguishing feature of panic disorder is the presence of abrupt and frequently unexpected disturbances involving symptoms such as palpitations, sweating, ...
THE TREATMENT OF GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER. Three general treatment approaches have been applied to the problems of chronic anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder. The oldest ...