Anxiety

Anxiety

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Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health disorders affecting children and adolescents. *


American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
The Anxious Child. No. 47 (12/2000).
www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/anxious.htm

Anxiety Association of America.
Anxiety Disorders in Children and Teens.
www.adaa.org/GettingHelp/FocusOn/Children&Adolescents.asp

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Library of Medicine.
Health Information: Anxiety. 2003.
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anxiety.html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Mental Health Information Center.
Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents.
www.nami.org/helpline/anxiety.htm


*Fact Box Reference

Center for Mental Health Services. Mental, Emotional, and Behavior Disorders in Children and Adolescents.