Sentences with phrase «adults with social phobia»

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This is in line with findings from the New York Child Longitudinal Study in which OAD predicted young adult depression, social phobia, and generalized anxiety.3 Together, these findings suggest that the DSM - IV GAD criteria are insufficient for assessing the full range of «generalized anxiety» in children and adolescents and fail to identify anxious children at risk for a range of later disorders.

Degree: Master's in Educational Psychology with specialty in Marriage and Family Therapy License: Limited Licensed Psychologist Specialty: Adults, Pre-Marital, Marital, Couples Counseling, Women's Issues, Self - Esteem, Phobias, Panic, Co-Dependency, Adult Sexual Abuse Survivors, Mood Disorders, Family Issues, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Adult Child Abuse Survivors, PTSD, Stress Management, Communication Skills, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Adjustment Issues, Grief & Loss, Social Problems, Chronic Pain, Life Transitions

I treat adolescents and adults who are struggling with depression, anxiety (including phobias, panic attacks, and social anxiety), OCD, phase of life issues, personality problems, and relationship difficulties.

«I am a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist who specializes in treatment of anxiety (including obsessive - compulsive disorder, panic, phobias, discomfort in any social situation, separation anxiety), child and adult ADD / ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, parent / child difficulties, and coping with chronic and / or life - threatening medical illness.

Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence, with a prevalence of 3 — 5 % in school - age children (6 — 12 years) and 10 — 19 % in adolescents (13 — 18 years); 1, 2 and the prevalence of anxiety disorders in this population tends to increase over time.3 Anxiety is the most common psychological symptom reported by children and adolescents; however, presentation varies with age as younger patients often report undifferentiated anxiety symptoms, for example, muscle tension, headache, stomachache or angry outbursts.4 According to the standard diagnostic systems, there are various types of anxiety disorders, for example, generalised anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobias (SOP), social anxiety disorder (SAD), panic disorder (PD), overanxious disorder, separation anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD).5 Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents often occur with a number of comorbidities, such as autism spectrum disorders, 6 depressive disorders, 7 conduct disorder, 8 substance abuse9 or suicide - related behaviour.10 Youths with anxiety disorders experience serious impairment in social functioning (eg, poor school achievement; relational problems with family members and peers).11, 12 Childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders can persist despite treatment, 1 and they are associated with later adult psychopathology.13, 14

Disorders considered herein include anxiety disorders (agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive - compulsive disorder, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, social phobia, specific phobia), mood disorders (bipolar I and II disorders, dysthymia, major depressive disorder), disorders that share a feature of problems with impulse control (bulimia, intermittent explosive disorder, and adult persistence of 3 childhood - adolescent disorders — attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, and oppositional - defiant disorder — among respondents in the 18 - to 44 - year age range), and substance disorders (alcohol and drug abuse and dependence).