When children come to a child psychiatrist for the first time, very often it is right after some major trauma or change that has happened in the child's life. Sometimes what has happened to the child is something that most adults would agree is a tragedy like the death of a parent or the child's home being destroyed by a fire. Sometimes what a child perceives as an extremely stressful event may not be thought of as a major source of anxiety by adults, like moving into a new home, beginning...


