Anxiety and Kids: The Basics
- Quick Guide to Anxiety in Children
- What Are the Signs of Anxiety?
- What Are the Different Kinds of Anxiety?
- How Anxiety Leads to Problem Behavior
- When to Worry About an Anxious Child
- How Anxiety Affects Teenagers
- Why Childhood Anxiety Often Goes Undetected (and the Consequences)
- Anxious Stomach Aches and Headaches
Parenting Anxious Kids
Treatment for Anxiety in Children
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Children with generalized anxiety disorder have a lot of worry about a variety of everyday things, rather than one specific thing.
Separation Anxiety Disorder
Kids with separation anxiety are extremely afraid of being away from parents or caregivers.
Specific Phobias
A specific phobia means that a child is intensely afraid of a particular thing, like dogs or heights.
Selective Mutism
Kids with selective mutism are usually talkative at home but refuse to talk in other settings (like in school or public places).
- Quick Guide to Selective Mutism
- Selective Mutism: Helping Kids Find Their Voices
- How Shy Is Too Shy?
- Tips for Helping Kids With Selective Mutism Go Back to School
- When Should Medication Be Used to Treat Selective Mutism?
- Helping Children With Selective Mutism During the Holidays
- Myths About Selective Mutism
Illness Anxiety Disorder
Children with illness anxiety disorder worry a lot about getting seriously ill.
Panic Disorder
Kids with panic disorder experience repeated panic attacks, which have symptoms that can feel like a heart attack.
Social Anxiety Disorder
Children with social anxiety experience aren’t just shy. They experience intense worry about embarrassing themselves or being judged negatively by others.