Pediatric Anxiety Disorders A Clinical Guide /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vasa, Roma A. (Editor), Roy, Amy Krain (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana Press, 2013.
• Series: Current Clinical Psychiatry
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Neurology.; Primary care (Medicine).; Psychiatry.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.

Over the past decade, significant advances in research methodology have stimulated dramatic progress in the field of child psychiatry in general, and in pediatric anxiety disorders, more specifically. Pediatric Anxiety Disorders: A Clinical Guide is a comprehensive and vital addition to the literatu...

Table of Contents:

• Neurobiology and Temperament
• Fear Models in Animals and Humans
• Neurobiology of Pediatric Anxiety Disorders
• Temperamental Risk Factors for Pediatric Anxiety Disorders
• Anxiety Disorders
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents
• Pediatric Social Phobia
• Specific Phobias
• Separation Anxiety Disorder
• Panic Disorder
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children and Adolescents
• Selective Mutism
• Assessment and Treatment
• Assessment of Anxiety Disorders: Categorical and Dimensional Perspectives
• Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Pediatric Anxiety Disorders
• Psychopharmacology of Pediatric Anxiety Disorders
• Special Topics
• Anxiety in Children with Chronic Medical Illness
• Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.