TY - JOUR
T1 - Anxiety Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence
T2 - A Critical Review
AU - BERNSTEIN, GAIL A.
AU - BORCHARDT, CARRIE M.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - The 1980s were a decade of advancement in the knowledge of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents; this sets the stage for research achievements in the 1990s. This review examines the anxiety disorders of childhood and adolescence (scparation anxiety disorder, overanxious disorder, and avoidant disorder), including prevalence rates, demographic profiles, comparisons of clinical presentations in different developmental age groups, and comorbidity patterns. Fears and simple phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and panic disorder in children and adolescents are also evaluated. The controversy of whether panic attacks occur in prepubertal children is addressed. A brief review of behavioral and pharmacological treatment studies is included. Future directions for research are suggested.
AB - The 1980s were a decade of advancement in the knowledge of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents; this sets the stage for research achievements in the 1990s. This review examines the anxiety disorders of childhood and adolescence (scparation anxiety disorder, overanxious disorder, and avoidant disorder), including prevalence rates, demographic profiles, comparisons of clinical presentations in different developmental age groups, and comorbidity patterns. Fears and simple phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and panic disorder in children and adolescents are also evaluated. The controversy of whether panic attacks occur in prepubertal children is addressed. A brief review of behavioral and pharmacological treatment studies is included. Future directions for research are suggested.
KW - anxiety disorders
KW - avoidant disorder
KW - obsessive-compulsive disorder
KW - overanxious disorder
KW - panic disorder
KW - post-traumatic stress disorder
KW - separation anxiety disorder
KW - simple phobia
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U2 - 10.1097/00004583-199107000-00001
DO - 10.1097/00004583-199107000-00001
M3 - Article
C2 - 1890084
AN - SCOPUS:0026197897
SN - 0890-8567
VL - 30
SP - 519
EP - 532
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -