Pediatric Anxiety Disorders

<p>Section I. Foundations<br>1. Introduction<br>2. What is anxiety?<br>3. The genetic basis of child and adolescent anxiety<br>4. Etiological factors: Basic neuroscience<br>5. Etiological factors: Temperament and personality<br>6. Etiological factors; environment</p> <p>Section II. Disorders<br>7. Specific phobia<br>8. Separation Anxiety disorder<br>9. Panic disorder and agoraphobia<br>10. Social anxiety disorder: An update on diagnostics; epidemiology; etiology; assessment, treatment; unanswered questions, and future directions <br>11. Selective mutism<br>12. Pediatric generalized anxiety disorder<br>13. Comorbidity in anxiety disorders</p> <p>Section III. Interventions<br>14. Assessment of pediatric anxiety<br>15. Cognitive-behavioral therapy<br>16. Third-wave cognitive-behavioral therapies for the treatment of anxiety among children and adolescents<br>17. Pharmacologic treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders<br>18. New deliveries and technology<br>19. Dissemination and implementation</p> <p>Section IV. Special Issues<br>20. When children and adolescents don't go to school: Terminology, technology, and trends<br>21. Ethnic and cultural considerations<br>22. Anxiety in emerging adulthood: A developmentally informed treatment model <br>23. Back to the future: Tracing the footsteps of Mary Cover Jones – The treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders</p>