Separation anxiety disorder (SAD)
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Paediatric anxiety disorders confer a considerable public health burden
Anxiety disorders usually begin in childhood or adolescence and are the most common mental health condition across the life span.1,2 Consequently, intense research efforts are focused on delineating the underlying mechanisms of paediatric anxiety so that we can better identify those at risk and intervene early.
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Most Cited JCPP Articles #38 of 60
Most cited JCPP papers #38 of 60: What do childhood anxiety disorders predict?
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Children with a Specific Phobia do better in Individual CBT than Group CBT and guided parent-led CBT
Children often present to health care settings with highly impairing and disabling anxiety disorders, including Specific Phobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalised Anxiety Disorder and Separation Anxiety Disorder.
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Children with Anxiety: Which CBT format is best?
McKinnon et al (2018) is the first comparison of the impact of individual CBT, group CBT and guided parent-led CBT, on the severity of symptoms and remission rate for children presenting with an anxiety disorder.
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