All children experience anxiety. Anxiety in children is expected and normal at specific times in development. For example, from approximately age 8 months through the preschool years, healthy youngsters may show intense distress (anxiety) at times of separation from their parents or other caregivers with whom they are close. Young children may have short-lived fears, (such as fear of the dark, storms, animals, or strangers). Anxious children are often overly tense or uptight. Some may seek a lot of reassurance, and their worries may interfere with activities. Parents should not discount a child's fears. Because anxious children may also be quiet, compliant and eager to please, their difficulties may be missed. Parents should be alert to the signs of severe anxiety so they can intervene early to prevent complications.
Part-1 John Walkup, MD Anxiety in typically and developmentally disabled children and adolescents" by John Walkup, Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Director. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian.
Part-2 John Walkup Anxiety in typically and developmentally disabled children and adolescents" by John Walkup, Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Director. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian.
Part 3 John Walkup, MD Anxiety in typically and developmentally disabled children and adolescents" by John Walkup, Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Director. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian.
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SCREEN for CHILD ANXIETY RELATED EMOTIONAL DISORDERS (SCARED) The SCARED is a child and parent self-report instrument used to screen for childhood anxiety disorders including general anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder and social phobia.