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Research on Children's Anxiety Needed
Mike Mitka
JAMA. 2000;283:1677.
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Being anxious about the lack of information surrounding children and anxiety disorders, researchers decided to do something about it.
A report published recently said childhood anxiety disorders are underdiagnosed, undertreated, and understudied. The document, Conference on Treating Anxiety Disorders in Youth: Current Problems and Future Solutions, was released by the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
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When anxiety threatens, will a pill help? (Photo credit: PhotoDisc, Inc)
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"Good epidemiological data about the prevalence of anxiety disorders in children does not exist, but we do know, if we count up all the numbers from the available studies, that approximately 10% of all children have some kind of anxiety disorder during their lifetime," said Deborah C. Beidel, PhD, chair of the ADAA Children's Task Force. She added, "One of the reasons for holding this conference was the need to emphasize that . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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