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Dealing With Anxiety Children
October 28, 2008
A reader asks expert Stephen Whiteside about when a parent should be concerned about a child's separation anxiety. This reader's daughter is a first-grader who is so upset about being away from home that she is teary at night, and she is not eating or making friends at school. Whiteside responds with information about separation anxiety in children and the symptoms that might signal it's time for a parent to seek help for their child. He also discusses ways parents can help their children adjust...
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Expert & Community Posts
By Eileen Bailey
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Health Expert
...rather than a reality. Perfectionism may be a type of anxiety, some experts believe that the...
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By Eileen Bailey
,
Health Expert
Traditional treatment for children with anxiety includes cognitive behavioral therapy and...
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By Eileen Bailey
,
Health Expert
...is acceptable and can prevent a child from harm. Anxiety is also a normal part of childhood...
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By Eileen Bailey
,
Health Expert
...years happens without many problems. For others, the anxiety of these new situations becomes...
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Health Guide
...of reactions to stress and stimuli, thus reducing the feeling of helplessness that often accompanies
anxiety disorders. CBT works on the principle that the thoughts that produce and maintain...
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...flight) is provoked by a genuine threat or challenge and is used as a spur for appropriate action.An
anxiety disorder, however, involves an excessive or inappropriate state of arousal...
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...that todays overscheduled, hurried lifestyle that many
children experience is a source of stress and
anxiety for some of them.
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...DisordersMore than half of
children with attention-deficit disorder have accompanying disorders, including
anxiety, depression, and conduct disorders.
Children with ADHD who experience
anxiety or...
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...sperm or egg, or having no
children) as early as possible in the fertility process. This can reduce
anxiety during treatments and feelings of hopelessness in case conception does not...
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