Anxiety Condition in Children

Abstract

Three most common childhood anxiety disorders are social phobia (SP), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and separation anxiety disorder (SAD).

The aim of the study was to emphazied most common anxiety conditon in children. The study attempts to determine if a relationship exists between childhood anxiety disorders and their impact on the development of anxiety disorders in adolescence and adulthood.

This study uses qualitative and exploratory methods to collect data. Specifically, individual interviews were conducted with the small sample of students who have experienced an anxiety disorder. The interview questions are consistent for each interview in order to provide an accurate comparison of symptoms and experiences with treatment methods.

Three of the four women interviewed have experienced abdominal pains. One distinction is that one woman experiences stomach aches after feeling anxious while the other two women experience the stomach aches during their anxiety attacks. Two of the four women expressed their experience  with compulsions.

For all four of the women interviewed, school produced a significant amount of anxiety. For one woman diagnosed with Social Phobia (SP), she went back into her old school records to see if anything indicated her having an anxiety disorder. She learned that she had been tested for learning problems and placed in a reading group. The results of the tests stated access or reading ability “seems to be variable on the social situation.”

As a conclusion we can state that anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence are common, often stable and present a risk for lifelong psychiatric disturbance. It is a cause for concern that, despite the existence of evidence-based interventions, the majority of children and young people with anxiety disorders do not access treatment.