Panic Disorder and Anxiety in Adolescence
Contributors: British Psychological Society Staff (Contributor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: June 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781854333520
Subjects: Adolescents; Child & developmental psychology; Clinical psychology; Illness & addiction: social aspects; Teenagers; Panic Disorder; Developmental - Adolescent; Psychotherapy - Couples & Family; Psychology; Psychopathology - General; Panic disorders; Mood Disorders; ANXIETY; Health & Fitness / General; YOUTH_HEALTH AND HYGIENE; Anxiety in adolescence; Mental health
First sentence: Although controversy has existed regarding the extent to which panic attacks and panic disorder occur in children and adolescents, many clinical researchers and practitioners now agree that panic not only exists before adulthood, but that it often begins during adolescence (Bernstein et al., 1996).