If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder - An Essential Resource for Parents

Informationen zum Autor Edna B. Foa, Ph.D., is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. Linda Wasmer Andrews is a freelance science writer based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is the co-author of If Your Adolescent Has Depression or Bipolar Disorder: An Essential Resource for Parents. Klappentext An essential guide for parents, teachers, or other adults who interact with teenagers who may be affected by an anxiety disorder, this resource provides readers with the clinical information and practical advice they need to understand and help teens. Zusammenfassung A guide to understanding and helping a teenager with an anxiety disorder. It explains the four anxiety disorders especially common among adolescents - social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction: Uneasy minds 2: Anxiety disorders: what they are, where they come from 3: Social anxiety disorder: afraid of embarrassment 4: Generalized anxiety disorder: worried about everything 5: Obsessive-compulsive disorder: caught in a mind trap 6: Post-traumatic stress disorder: failure to recover from a trauma 7: Treatment and recovery: a close-up of the process 8: Call to action: fighting stigma, empowering your teen Appendix: Diagnostic criteria

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• Authors: Linda Wasmer Andrews, Edna B. Andrews Anfoa, Edna B Foa, Edna B. Foa, Edna B. (Professor of Clinical Psychology in Foa, Edna B. Andrews Foa
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2006
• EAN: 9780195181517
• ISBN: 978-0-19-518151-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Adolescent Mental Health Initiative; Annenberg Foundation Trust at; Adolescent Mental Health Initiative; Adolescent Mental Health Initi
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology