Pediatric Anxiety Disorders

Pediatric Anxiety Disorders provides a critical, updated, and comprehensive overview of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents based on the current state of empirical research. With a range of international expert contributors, the book provides specific clinical recommendations which integrate new knowledge from neuroscience as well as innovative delivery formats for interventions. This is the first reference to examine anxiety diagnoses in accordance with the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), including childhood onset disorders such as Separation Anxiety Disorder, Selective Mutism, Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Pediatric Anxiety Disorders assists clinicians in critically appraising the certainty of the evidence-base and the strength of clinical recommendations. The book provides an overview of the foundations of anxiety and how to understand anxiety based on multiple etiological factors, then gives in-depth, clinically relevant descriptions of each of the anxiety disorders to help the clinician better understand the different syndromes. It goes on to cover specific treatments and interventions, including not only cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) and medication, but also more individualized approaches for those children for whom the traditional are unsuccessful.

Uses the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM-5Includes Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach to assessing guideline developmentFocuses on advances in etiology, assessment, and treatmentPresents new advances in understanding of the brain behind fear and anxietyUses a stepped care approach to treatment

Section I. Foundations 1. Introduction 2. What is anxiety? 3. The genetic basis of child and adolescent anxiety 4. Etiological factors: Basic neuroscience 5. Etiological factors: Temperament and personality 6. Etiological factors; environment

Section II. Disorders 7. Specific phobia 8. Separation Anxiety disorder 9. Panic disorder and agoraphobia 10. Social anxiety disorder: An update on diagnostics; epidemiology; etiology; assessment, treatment; unanswered questions, and future directions 11. Selective mutism 12. Pediatric generalized anxiety disorder 13. Comorbidity in anxiety disorders

Section III. Interventions 14. Assessment of pediatric anxiety 15. Cognitive-behavioral therapy 16. Third-wave cognitive-behavioral therapies for the treatment of anxiety among children and adolescents 17. Pharmacologic treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders 18. New deliveries and technology 19. Dissemination and implementation

Section IV. Special Issues 20. When children and adolescents don't go to school: Terminology, technology, and trends 21. Ethnic and cultural considerations 22. Anxiety in emerging adulthood: A developmentally informed treatment model 23. Back to the future: Tracing the footsteps of Mary Cover Jones – The treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders