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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789608603321

Autore

Beidel Deborah C.

Titolo

Child anxiety disorders : a guide to research and treatment / / Deborah C. Beidel & Candice A. Alfano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-135-19223-5

1-283-10226-9

9786613102263

1-135-19224-3

0-203-86425-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (545 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AlfanoCandice A

BeidelDeborah C

Disciplina

618.92/8522

Soggetti

Anxiety in children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Childhood anxiety disorders / Deborah C. Beidel & Samuel M. Turner, c2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

An introduction to children's fears -- An introduction to childhood anxiety disorders -- Developmental considerations -- Sleep and anxiety disorders -- Etiological factors in the development of anxiety disorders -- Excessive worry and generalized anxiety disorder -- Specific phobias -- School refusal -- Separation anxiety disorder -- Social phobia and selective mutism -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder and trichotillomania -- Panic disorder -- Posttraumatic stress disorder.

Sommario/riassunto

Childhood anxiety disorders represent one of the most common psychological disorders found among the general population. They can be serious, distressful, and functionally impairing, so much so that there has been an explosion of interest in their treatment, primarily from pharmacological and cognitive-behavioral perspectives.Addressing these perspectives is the Second Edition of Child Anxiety Disorders. Beidel and Alfano pay close attention to new pharmacological and psychological interventions as well as multi-center trials that compare single and combined treatment modalitie