TOPIC: Anxiety

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Center Developed Documents, Resources, and Tools

Article

• L. Taylor & H. Adelman. (1990). School Avoidance Behavior: Motivational Bases and Implications for Intervention. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 20(4), 219-233

Continuing Education Modules

• Addressing Barriers to Learning: New Direction for Mental Health in Schools
• Note: Section III of this packet, entitled Frequently Identified Psychosocial Problems provides information regarding Anxiety Problems.

Guides to Practices

• Common Psychosocial Problems of School Aged Youth: Developmental Variations, Problems, Disorders and Perspectives for Prevention and Treatment (Guides to Practice)

Introductory Packets

• Anxiety, Fears, Phobias, and Related Problems: Interventions and Resources for School-Aged Youth (Introductory Packet)
• Affect and Mood Problems related to School Aged Youth (Introductory Packet)

Resource Aid Packets

• Student Psychotropic Medication: The School's Role (Resource Aid Packet)
• Note: The section of this packet entitled Brief Information on Medications and their Side Effects provides information on medications for Anxiety Disorders.

Children Anxiety Disorders
• ADAA: Anxiety Disorders in Children and Teens
• Adulthood Outcome of Tic and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom Severity in Children With Tourette Syndrome
• Anxiety & the School Student
• Anxiety Disorders (Schoolbehavior.com)
• Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
• The Anxious Child
• Child Development Institute: Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
• Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders
• Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders
• Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General-Childhood Anxiety Disorders
• Qualitative Study Finds Unexpected Levels of Anxiety in Children
• Reading Anxiety Manifests Itself Emotionally, Intellectually
• Social Anxiety in Children with Anxiety Disorders: Relation with Social and Emotional Functioning
• What Do Youth Referred for Anxiety Problems Worry About? Worry and Its Relation to Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Coping
• Coping with Fears and Stress
• How Families Can Help Children Cope with Fear and Anxiety

Treatments and Assessments
• Cognitive-Behavioral Group Treatments in Childhood Anxiety Disorders: The Role of Parental Involvement
• Evidence-Based Assessment of Anxiety and Its Disorder in Children and Adolescents
• Evidence-Based Guidelines for Anxiety Disorders: Can They Improve Clinical Outcomes?
• Medication Effective in Treating Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
• Practice Parameters for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders
• Test Anxiety: Conceptualization and Remediation Strategies
• Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Evidence Based Strategies, Tools, and Techniques

Fact Sheets and Other General Info
• NAMI Fact Sheet on Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents
• National Trends in Hospitalization of Youth With Intentional Self-Inflicted Injuries (2005) M. Olfson, et al, American Journal of Psychiatry, 162, 1328-1335
• Selective Mutism Foundation, Inc.
• The Anxiety Network International - Selective Mutism

• A Guide to Managing Stress
• Decade of the Brain: Anxiety Disorders
• Fact Sheet on the Descriptions, Symptoms, and Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders
• Fact Sheet on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Helping Children Cope with Fears and Stress
• NIMH Report on Anxiety Disorders
• What You Should Know about Stress and Your Child

• Anxiety Disorders Association of America
• Center for Anxiety and Stress Treatment
• Mental Health/Help Net (MHN)
• Mood and Anxiety Disorders Institute (MADI) Resource Center
• National Anxiety Foundation
• National Institute of Mental Health
• Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, Inc.
• The Anxiety Network International
• The OCD Resource Center of South Florida
• The Ross Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Inc.

• Anxiety disorders. Moore, M. & Carr, A.   In: Alan Carr, Ed. What works with children and adolescents?:  A critical review of psychological interventions with children, adolescents and their families. Taylor & Francis/Routledge: Florence, KY, US, 2000. p. 178-202 of xii, 364pp.
• Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. (2004). Edited by Morris, T. L. & March, J. S. New York : Guilford Press.
• Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents:  Research, assessment and intervention. Silverman, Wendy K., Ed; Treffers, Philip D. A., (Ed). Cambridge University Press: New York, NY, US, 2001. xv, 402pp. Series title: Cambridge child and adolescent psychiatry.
• Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. Rothe, Eugenio M.; Castellanos, Daniel.   In: H. Booney Vance, Ed; Andres Pumariega, Ed. Clinical assessment of child and adolescent behavior.. John Wiley & Sons, Inc: New York, NY, US, 2001. p. 383-412 of xvi, 557pp.
• Cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders in children: Long-term (6-year) follow-up. Barrett, P. M.; Duffy, A. L.; Dadds, M. R.; Rapee, R. M. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. American Psychological Assn: US, 2001 Feb. 69 (1): p. 135-141.
• Drug treatment of anxiety disorders in children. New England Journal of Medicine. Coyle, Joseph T. Massachusetts Medical Society: US, 2001 Apr. 344 (17): p. 1326-1327.
• Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Child and Adolescent Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Barrett, P. D.; Farrell, L.; Pina, A. A.; Peris, T. S.; Piacentini, J. Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychology. 37(1): p. 131-155 (2008).
• Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Silverman, W. K.; Pina, A. A.; Chockalingam, V. Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychology. 37(1) (2008).
• Familial correlates of social anxiety in children and adolescents. Boegels, Susan M.; van Oosten, Annemarie; Muris, Peter; Smulders, Dianne. Behavior Research & Therapy. Elsevier Science Ltd: England, 2001 Mar. 39 (3): p. 273-287.
• Generalized anxiety disorder in children and adolescents. Wagner, K. D. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. WB Saunders & Co: US, 2001 Mar. 24 (1): p. 139-153.
• Issues in the diagnosis and assessment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. Schniering, C. A.; Hudson, J. L.; Rapee, R. M. Clinical Psychology Review. Elsevier Science Inc/Pergamon: US, 2000 June. 20 (4): p. 453-478.
• School phobia, panic attacks, and anxiety in children. Csóti, M. (2003). J. Kingsley Publishers.
• Self-reported anxiety in children and adolescents: A three-year follow-up study. Gullone, Eleonora; King, Neville J.; Ollendick, Thomas H. Journal of Genetic Psychology. Heldref Publications: US, 2001 Mar. 162 (1): p. 5-19.
• Separation anxiety disorder in children and adolescents: Epidemiology, diagnosis and management. Masi, Gabriele; Mucci, Maria; Millepiedi, Stefania. CNS Drugs. Adis International Ltd: New Zealand, 2001. 15 (2): p. 93-104.
• The prevalence and effects of test anxiety in school children. McDonald, Angus S. Educational Psychology. Carfax Publishing Ltd: United Kingdom, 2001 Mar. 21 (1): p. 89-101.
• Treating generalized anxiety disorder : evidence-based strategies, tools, and techniques. Rygh, J. L. and Sanderson, W. C. (2004). New York : Guilford Press.
• Your anxious child: How parents and teachers can relieve anxiety in children. Dacey, John S.; Fiore, Lisa B. Jossey-Bass Inc, Publishers: San Francisco, CA, US, 2000. xi, 242pp.

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