Normal and abnormal fear and anxiety in children
By: Peter Muris.
Series: BRAT series in clinical psychology
Publisher: Elsevier; Elsevier Science
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780080450735
Subjects: Anxiety in children; Anxiety in adolescence; Fear in children; Anxiety Disorders -- etiology; Adolescent; Anxiety -- psychology; Anxiety Disorders; Child; Fear -- psychology
Description: "Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent psychological problems in children and adolescents. This book summarizes research on the etiology, assessment, and treatment of these disorders. Coverage includes risk and vulnerability factors that may make some children more prone to the development of anxiety disorders, protective factors, and maintaining factors that may prevent children from overcoming anxiety once established. The interaction of vulnerability and protective factors is discussed as the factor determining an adaptive or a maladaptive outcome. The book concludes with a summary of assessment for these disorders and psychological and pharmacological treatment."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Normal and abnormal fear and anxiety in children and adolescents; title: Genetically-based vulnerability; title: Environmental influences; title: Protective factors; title: Maintaining factors; title: The aetiology of childhood phobias and anxiety disorders : a dynamic multi-factorial model; title: Assessment of fear and anxiety in children and adolescents; title: Treatment and prevention of childhood anxiety.