Normal and Abnormal Fear and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents (BRAT Series in Clinical Psychology) - Hardcover

Peter Muris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0080450733 ISBN 13: 9780080450735

Publisher: Elsevier, 2009

Synopsis

Written at a post-graduate level, this new volume provides a cumulative overview of the research available on the pathogenesis of fear and anxiety in youths. Its aim is to give the reader an idea of the factors that are thought to be involved in the development of abnormal fear and anxiety in children and adolescents, and to integrate this knowledge in a comprehensive model. This book also gives an update of the current scientific status on the psychological and pharmacological treatment and assessment of anxiety disorders in youths.

About this title

Review:

A multi-faceted approach to decipher the causes of childhood and adolescent anxiety disorder

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Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent psychological problems in children and adolescents. This book summarizes research on the etiology, assessment, and treatment of these disorders. Coverage includes risk and vulnerability factors that may make some children more prone to the development of anxiety disorders, protective factors, and maintaining factors that may prevent children from overcoming anxiety once established. The interaction of vulnerability and protective factors is discussed as the factor determining an adaptive or a maladaptive outcome. The book concludes with a summary of assessment for these disorders and psychological and pharmacological treatment.

Peter Muris is a professor at the Institute of Psychology of Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He heads the department of clinical psychology at the university in addition to working as a child psychologist in an outpatient treatment center. Dr. Muris has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed journal articles, and conducts ongoing research with a focus on child psychopathology.|Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent psychological problems in children and adolescents. This book summarizes research on the etiology, assessment, and treatment of these disorders. Coverage includes risk and vulnerability factors that may make some children more prone to the development of anxiety disorders, protective factors, and maintaining factors that may prevent children from overcoming anxiety once established. The interaction of vulnerability and protective factors is discussed as the factor determining an adaptive or a maladaptive outcome. The book concludes with a summary of assessment for these disorders and psychological and pharmacological treatment.

Peter Muris is a professor at the Institute of Psychology of Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He heads the department of clinical psychology at the university in addition to working as a child psychologist in an outpatient treatment center. Dr. Muris has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed journal articles, and conducts ongoing research with a focus on child psychopathology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0080450733
• ISBN 13: 9780080450735
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: S.J. Rachman