Sentences with phrase «for children with anxiety disorders»

Jennifer L Hudson is an author of a number of treatment program for children with anxiety disorders.

Bibliotherapy for children with anxiety disorders using written materials for parents: a randomized controlled trial

Exploring the effect of case formulation driven CBT for children with anxiety disorders: a feasibility study.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) Parents and children were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups: family - focused cognitive behavioral therapy (the Building Confidence Program) or traditional child - focused CBT with minimal family involvement for children with anxiety disorders.

Feeling pressure to be perfect is common for children with anxiety disorders.

Bibliotherapy for children with anxiety disorders using written materials for parents: A randomized controlled trial.

This report highlights the possible value of low - intensity interventions for children with anxiety disorders, and discusses how utilising low - technology telephone support can be a cost - effective way of using clinical resources.

Kendall et al report the results of a randomised controlled trial comparing cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) with a waiting list control for children with anxiety disorders.

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In this setting, she conducted comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations for children and adolescents with a diverse range of issues including ADHD, Learning Disabilities, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders.

She also treats children with anxiety, sensory issues, and challenging behavior, and has worked with children with autism spectrum disorder for over 15 years.

Specifically, she specializes in weekly and intensive treatment programs for preschool aged children with obsessive compulsive disorder and other anxiety disorders, as well as in parent - child interaction therapy for young children with disruptive behavior disorders.

The intention is that with more understanding of the normal challenges that parenthood creates, the incidence of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders will decrease, and families can provide the optimal environment for children to grow in and fulfil their potential in life.

Having a child with anxiety disorder can be stressful, and parents need time away for their own well being.

She supervises and provides weekly and intensive treatment programs for children with early anxiety and / or behavior problems, and directs specialty programs for youth with selective mutism, obsessive - compulsive disorder, or other anxiety - related problems.

More than 90 % of children with SM also meet the diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder, now termed social phobia (Black et al., 1996).

She is the recipient of NIMH grants addressing the development and efficacy of behavioral interventions for adults and children with anxiety disorders.

The disorder can be confusing to adults and painful for children, who experience so much anxiety that they actually feel unable to speak in certain situations, even though they can speak easily and comfortably other times, such as when they are at home with their parents.

Parents of children with «critical» congenital heart defects — which require at least one cardiac surgery — are at high risk for mental health problems, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression, according to research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association.

And parental panic and depressive disorders were associated with increased risks for separation anxiety disorder and multiple anxiety disorders in children.

Statistically significant hazard ratios for specific groups of psychiatric disorders were found for schizophrenia and psychoses (1.27, 1.16 - 1.38), affective disorders (1.32, 1.25 - 1.39), anxiety and other neurotic disorders (1.37, 1.32 - 1.42), mental and behavioural syndromes including eating disorders (1.13, 1.04 - 1.24), mental retardation (1.28, 1.17 - 1.40), mental development disorders including autism spectrum disorders (1.22, 1.16 - 1.28), and behavioural and emotional disorders including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)(1.40, 1.34 - 1.46), when compared with rates in naturally conceived children.

They controlled for an asthma diagnosis in the children, as anxiety and mood disorders are more prevalent among youth with asthma and especially more common in low socioeconomic minority children.

When mothers weren't eligible for DACA protection, 7.8 per cent of their children were diagnosed with adjustment or anxiety disorders.

Unfortunately, anxiety is a common occurrence in autism — according to a research paper published in Neuropsychiatry, «up to 80 % of children with ASDs experience clinically significant anxiety, with high comorbidity rates for social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD) and separation anxiety disorder (SAD)(30, 35, 37 and 38 %, respectively).»

In other words, individuals who are abused or neglected as children have a higher risk for developing an anxiety disorder, but whether or not it manifests depends in part on their innate ability to cope with stressful situations, «internal resources,» personality traits, and social support system.

In fact, according to a 2004 study in the journal Paediatrics Child Health, school - aged children and teenagers of moms with PPD are at an increased risk for anxiety disorders, learning disabilities and ADHD.

Some doctors now prescribe organic food as a treatment for the gut issues (constipation, reflux) and anxiety common in children with the disorder.

Quiet corners & sensory gardens Time out zones can be important for many children, but especially for those with autistic spectrum disorders or dyspraxia, as they provide them with a place to wind down from their anxieties.

Becoming an expat is a wonderful experience but for many - men or women, adults or children, single or in a relationship / married - migrating and adjusting to expat life comes with emotional difficulties that could lead to loneliness, depression, anxiety, anger, stress, alcoholism, sleep disorders and more.

I started my career with a passion for improving the lives of children, adolescents, and adults living with ADHD, anxiety disorders depression and self harm.

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Treating anxiety is important in autism spectrum disorder because anxiety is associated with significantly more impairment for the child and their family.

I commonly provide evaluations and therapy for children and teens with the following diagnoses: Attention - Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Major Depressive Disorder, and various Anxiety Disorders.

I have been providing therapy to individuals, families, and couples of all ages for the past 10 years offering my support to those faced with a variety of different life challenges including anxiety, depression, PTSD and trauma, marital and relationship issues, parent / child relational issues, mood disorders, adolescent and young adult issues, grief and loss, and other related concerns.»

This important study by Kendall et al provides support for the efficacy of CBT in children with anxiety disorders, and adds much needed information to previous publications on treatment of anxiety disorders.

Critically ill children hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs) are especially vulnerable to a multitude of short - and long - term, negative emotional, behavioral, and academic outcomes, including a higher risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a greater need for psychiatric treatment, compared with matched hospitalized children who do not require intensive care.3 In addition, the parents of these children are at risk for the development of PTSD, as well as other negative emotional outcomes (eg, depression and anxiety disorders).4 — 6

After 8 weeks of treatment, 53 % (32 of 60) of the children receiving CBT no longer met diagnostic criteria for their primary anxiety disorder compared with 6 % (2 of 34) in the control group (p < 0.001).

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.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has proven to be most effective for children struggling with anxiety disorders.

Barkley et al found increased rates of comorbid substance abuse disorder, anxiety disorder, mood disorder, personality disorders, and disruptive behavior disorders among adults with ADHD that had persisted from childhood into adulthood.23 Adults whose childhood ADHD did not persist also had increased rates of psychiatric comorbidity, although lower than those with persistent ADHD (47.3 % vs 84.3 %).23 Other smaller studies also report elevated rates of psychiatric comorbidity (65 — 89 %) among adults with ADHD.15 — 22 However, these studies used nonrepresentative samples of children referred to specialty treatment programs for ADHD.

Conceptualized as separate constructs, temperament can either place a child at risk for developing anxiety or influence the stability or severity of anxiety disorders once they have emerged.10 Alternately, these terms may simply refer to different aspects of the same underlying construct with distinctions between them simply imposed from the field.21

Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60) for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure is often difficult to assess in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC - R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS - R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric physical conditions because physical symptoms may be a feature of the condition rather than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which is particularly problematic for the self - related rating scales and for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap mood, attention, peer interactions, and impulsivity).

Working with children, adolescents, adults and families I use horses as part of a treatment modality for issues such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, autism spectrum disorders, oppositional disorders, and adolescent issues.

Designed for, or demonstrated applicability to, special groups: The Stop Think Do program manuals contain plans for applying the program specifically to children with ADHD, Aspergers Syndrome, learning and behaviour disorders, and Anxiety Disorders.

The influence of comorbidity on treatment outcome for children and adolescents with anxiety disorders.

I provide individual, group, and family therapy for children with Attention - deficit Hyperactivity disorder, Anxiety disorders, and Aspergers Syndrome.

At time 0, the children's degree of shyness - BI was evaluated by a questionnaire that was filled in by appropriately trained teachers, and by direct observation of the number of spontaneous comments made in the presence of an unfamiliar adult, based on previous descriptions of children with BI.12, 14 The questionnaire included a set of items seeking to identify temperamental disposition to BI and symptoms of possible social anxiety disorder proper, and included the Italian translations of the Stevenson - Hinde and Glover Shyness to the Unfamiliar, 35 Cloninger and coworkers» Harm Avoidance Scale, 36 and the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale37 adapted for chanxiety disorder proper, and included the Italian translations of the Stevenson - Hinde and Glover Shyness to the Unfamiliar, 35 Cloninger and coworkers» Harm Avoidance Scale, 36 and the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale37 adapted for chAnxiety Scale37 adapted for children.

In the evaluation of a child for ADHD, the primary care clinician should include assessment for other conditions that might coexist with ADHD, including emotional or behavioral (eg, anxiety, depressive, oppositional defiant, and conduct disorders), developmental (eg, learning and language disorders or other neurodevelopmental disorders), and physical (eg, tics, sleep apnea) conditions (quality of evidence B / strong recommendation).

«Exposure Therapy for Treating Anxiety in Children and Adolescents is a must - read for every therapist working with anxiety and related disAnxiety in Children and Adolescents is a must - read for every therapist working with anxiety and related disanxiety and related disorders.

Second, after the ERP recording, all mothers and children were interviewed individually by trained clinical psychologists with the Italian version of the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School - age Children (K - SADS) 38 interview to collect the children's lifetime DSM - IV symptoms of social phobia, simple phobia, depression, enuresis, generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder, attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder, obsessive - compulsive disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional disorder, and tic dchildren were interviewed individually by trained clinical psychologists with the Italian version of the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School - age Children (K - SADS) 38 interview to collect the children's lifetime DSM - IV symptoms of social phobia, simple phobia, depression, enuresis, generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder, attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder, obsessive - compulsive disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional disorder, and tic dChildren (K - SADS) 38 interview to collect the children's lifetime DSM - IV symptoms of social phobia, simple phobia, depression, enuresis, generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder, attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder, obsessive - compulsive disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional disorder, and tic dchildren's lifetime DSM - IV symptoms of social phobia, simple phobia, depression, enuresis, generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder, attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder, obsessive - compulsive disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional disorder, and tic disorder.

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