Medical Mystery: Why is this teen socially isolating herself?
The girl, who was in her early teens, barely looked at me, barely spoke to me, and mumbled so quietly I kept leaning forward until I nearly fell out of my chair. Her mother had brought her for a psychological evaluation, worried that her daughter had been spending most of her time in her room and was no longer initiating contact with peers or seeing them outside of school. She was also more moody, bursting into tears easily and always ready to lash out in anger when she was s
Can anxiety disorders be prevented in children?
When parents have an anxiety disorder, it places their children at a greatly increased risk of developing an anxiety disorder. Probably because anxious parents model anxious behaviors to their kids. That’s the bad news for all you worried parents out there – ironically giving you one more worry to add to your list. But is passing your own anxiety on to your children inevitable? Fortunately not, suggest the findings of a well-designed study of anxiety prevention published onli