Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I -- -- Classification of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents / Cecilia A. Essau, Beatriz Olaya, and Thomas H. Ollendick -- Epidemiology, Comorbidity and Mental Health Services Utilization / Cecilia A. Essau and Jheanell Gabbidon -- Course and Outcome of Child and Adolescent Anxiety / Laura D. Seligman and Jessica L. Gahr -- -- Section II -- -- Genetic and Environmental Influences on Child and Adolescent Anxiety / Helena M.S. Zavos, Thalia C. Eley, and Alice M. Gregory -- Neurobiology of Paediatric Anxiety / Jasper B. Zantvoord, Ramon J. OL. Lindauer, Mirte J. Bakker, and Frits Boer -- Interpersonal and Social Factors in the Treatment of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders / Thomas H. Ollendick and Shin-ichi Ishikawa -- Information Processing Biases / Peter Muris and Andy Field -- Cultural Factors and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents : Implications for Treatment / Cecilia A. Essau, Xenia Anastassious-Hadjicharalambous, Constantina Demetriou, and Katere Pourseied -- -- Section III -- -- Evidence-Based Assessment and Case Formulation for Childhood Anxiety Disorders / Bryce D. McLeod, Amanda Jensen-Doss, Emily Wheat, and Emily M. Becker -- Empirically Supported Psychosocial Treatments / Katharina Manassis -- Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents / Boris Birmaher and Dara Sakolsky -- Cool Teens : A Computerized Intervention for Anxious Adolescents / Viviana M. Wuthrich, Michael J. Cunningham, and Ronald M. Rapee -- Bibliotherapy to Anxious and Phobic Youth / Mary Coffman, Frank Andrasik, and Thomas H. Ollendick -- -- Section IV -- -- Separation Anxiety Disorder / Silvia Schneider and Kristen L. Lavallee -- Social Anxiety Disorder / Diborah C. Beidel, Candice A. Alfano, And Brian E. Bunnell -- Specific Phobias / Maria J. Cowart and Thomas H. Ollendick -- Generalized Anxiety Disorder / Kendra L. Read, Chiaying Wei, Courtney L. Benjamin, Matthew P. Mychailyszyn, and Philip C. Kendall -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Phoebe S. Moore, Martin E. Franklin, Jennifer Freeman, and John March -- Panic Disorder / Alexander H. Queen and Jill Ehrenreich-May -- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / William Yule, Patrick Smith, Sean Perrin, and David M. Clark -- School Refusal / David A. Heyne and FloorM. Sauter -- -- Section V -- -- Anxiety Prevention in School Children and Adolescents : The FRIENDS Program / Cristina Akido Iizuka, Paula Barrett, and Kate Morris -- Prevention of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Autism and Asperger Syndrome / Toney Attwood and Kate Sofronoff -- CBT Intervention for Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Williams Syndrome / Cecilia A. Essau and Elena Longhi.

This book presents a collection of readings from leading experts that reveal the most effective evidence-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.

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