Lecture 9

Question 1

Anxiety

Answer 1

Anxiety is a mood state characterized by:
Strong negative emotion
Bodily tension

Anxiety disorders involve experiencing chronic, excessive, and debilitating anxieties
Anxiety is a mood state characterized by:
Strong negative emotion
Bodily tension

Anxiety disorders involve experiencing chronic, excessive, and debilitating anxieties
Mood state occurs in anticipation or in fear of negative events or future outcomes
Anxiety is normal
Anxiety disorder prevelant- one child in each classroom- 6-30%
Highly comorbid- experience one anxiety disorder= more likely to experience another anxiety disorder

Amygdala- controls fight. Vs flight
Fear causes paralysis- freeze
Anxiety- what is happening will hurt you- in survival mode
Frontal lobe cant be accessed during this state- cant organize info, higher cognitive thinking
Physical- sweating
Behavioural- freezing
Cognitive- cant focus, cant plan

Moderate anxiety helps us think and act more effectively

Excessive, uncontrollable anxiety can be debilitating

Neurotic paradox

Image= anxiety across continuum helpful vs not
Low levels- not attend or focus on task at hand
Stronger levels= more difficult to perform

Neurotic paradox- feeling anxiety does not feel good and those who feel anxious cant control it- know it is uncomfortable but cant stop the feeling

Question 2

Fight-Flight-Freeze

Answer 2

Functional Goal: signal danger and mobilize response to escape potential harm
Our bodies automatic response to threat/danger
Goal= maximize survival

Question 3

Physical System and Symptoms

Answer 3

The brain sends messages to the sympathetic nervous system, which produces the fight/flight response

Inc heart rate, difficulty breathing, stomach upset, sweating Mobilizes body for action- produces chemical and physical ffects

Question 4

Cognitive System and Symptoms

Answer 4

Fight/flight system activation leads to search for threat, which can lead to thoughts of apprehension, nervousness, difficulty concentrating, and panic

Overthinking, difficulty concentrating, images of harm Actively searching for threat- when not found- causes panick= turn anxiety inward and have distorted though of situation

Question 5

Behavioral System and Symptoms

Answer 5

Aggression (fight) is coupled with a desire to escape (flight) the threatening situation
Avoidance, clenched jaw, nail biting
Modern societies- not adapted to fight or avoid negative situation- see desire manifest differently
Letting aggression/ avoidance out in other way

Question 6

Fear vs anxiety

Answer 6

Anxiety is not fear
Fear= immediate response to a fear- need to respond to protect yourself
Anxiety- informs us important event/ danger may happen- prepare a for future/ prepare for negative event

Question 7

Panic

Answer 7

A group of physical symptoms of the fight/flight response that unexpectedly occur in the absence of obvious danger or threat
Include shaking, disorientation, rapid heartbeat
May feel something is happening to you- triggering anxiety
Usually short- 10-30 min

Question 8

Normal Fears, Worries, and Anxieties

Answer 8

Moderate fear, worry, and anxiety are adaptive; thinking of and planning for possible negative outcomes can help children prepare for the future

Anxieties are common during childhood and adolescence:
Separation anxiety- linked to healthy attractiveness
Anxiety about harm to a parent
Test anxiety
Excessive need for reassurance
Difficult to recognize those with anxiety disorder- internallly felt
When anxiety becomes excessive = cause for concern

Question 9

Rituals and Repetitive Behavior

Answer 9

Normal routines help children gain control and mastery of their environment, and make the environment more predictable and “safer”

Ritualistic, repetitive activity is common in young children and often falls into 2 categories:
Repetitive behaviors
Doing thing’s just right

Normative in many ways- provide stable routine= support safety in children
1- desire to watch same movie over nad over, same bed time routine
2- wanting food to not touch
In excess- relates to ocd

Question 10

Common fears and anxiety

Answer 10

2-3= Fears of thunder and lightning; fire; water; darkness nightmares;
Crying; clinging; withdrawal; freezing; avoidance of salient stimuli; night terrors

Specific phobias (natural environment); panic attacks;

Specific phobias (animal)

4-5= Separation from parents; fear of death or dead people Excessive need for reassurance

Separation anxiety disorder; generalized anxiety disorder; panic attacks

5-11= School anxiety; performance anxiety; extreme shyness with Social anxiety disorder physical appearance; social concerns unfamiliar adults and peers; (social phobia)
feeling of shame
12-18= Personal relations; rejection from peers; Fear of negative evaluation Social anxiety disorder personal appearance; future; natural (social phobia) disasters; safety

Question 11

Separation Anxiety

Answer 11

Separation anxiety is important for young children’s survival

Separation anxiety is normal from about ages 7 months through the preschool years

Lack of separation anxiety during this time may suggest insecure attachment

Excessive worry regarding separation from home and parent
Experience distress and somatic symptoms when seperated. Experience excessive worry about harm to attachment figures
Beyond this age= not adaptive

Question 12

Diagnostic Criteria for Separation Anxiety Disorder

Answer 12

Recurrent excessive distress when anticipating or experiencing separation from home or major attachment figures.
Persistent or excessive worry about losing major attachment figures or about possible harm to them, such as illness, injury, disasters, or death.
Persistent and excessive worry about experiencing an
untoward event (e.g., getting lost, being kidnapped,
having an accident, becoming ill) that causes separation from a major attachment figure.
Persistent reluctance or refusal to go out, away from
home, to school, to work, or elsewhere because of fear of separation.
Persistent and excessive fear of or reluctance about being alone or without major attachment figures at home or in other settings.
Persistent reluctance or refusal to sleep away from home or to go to sleep without being near a major attachment figure.
Repeated nightmares involving the theme of separation.
Repeated complaints of physical symptoms (e.g., headaches, stomachaches, vomiting) when separation from major attachment figures occurs or is anticipated.

The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is persistent, lasting at least 4 weeks in children
and adolescents and typically 6 months or more in adults.

The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, academic, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

The disturbance is not better explained by another mental disorder

Exception- cant be diagnosed during first 4 weeks of new school year- anxiety normal during this time

Question 13

Separation anxiety Prevalence, Comorbidity, Onset, & Course

Answer 13

Separation anxiety disorder is 1 of the 2 most common childhood anxiety disorders (specific phobia is the other)

Prevalence: Occurs in 4–10% of children worldwide (more prevalent in girls)

Comorbidity: 67% also have another anxiety disorder; 50% have depression
Earliest age of onset of anxiety disorders: 7–8 years (often after a major stress)
Course: progresses from mild to more severe; persists into adulthood for 1 in 3
Earliest age of onset

Mild= harmless request for attention, nightmares to refusing to sleep without parent, refusing to seperate

Question 14

School Reluctance and Refusal

Answer 14

Refusal to attend classes or difficulty remaining in school for an entire day

Equally common in boys and girls

Occurs most often in ages 5–11

Fear of school may be fear of leaving parents (separation anxiety), but can also occur for other reasons
Often associated with separation anxiety
Fear of school- manifest as fear of separation
Treatment- emphasizes returning to cool and reasons behind refusal

Question 15

Specific phobia

Answer 15

Have extreme/dabbling fear of specific objec/ situation

Question 16

Evolutionary theory of fear

Answer 16

Human infants are biologically predisposed to learn certain fears that alert them to possible sources of danger
Typically- naturally occurring things encountered during unman evolution- snakes, heights

Theory of fear= reason why most phobia- present ads fear of natural environment and predators

Question 17

Diagnostic Criteria for Specific Phobia

Answer 17

Marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation (e.g., flying, heights, animals, receiving an injection, seeing blood). Note: In children, the fear or anxiety may be expressed by crying, tantrums, freezing, or clinging.
The phobic object or situation almost always provokes immediate fear or anxiety.
The phobic object or situation is actively avoided or endured with intense fear or anxiety.
The fear or anxiety is out of proportion to the actual danger posed by the specific object or situation and to the sociocultural context.
The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is persistent, typically lasting 6 months or more.
The fear, anxiety or avoidance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
The disturbance is not better accounted for by another mental disorder
Children vs adult- children less likely to recognize fear is excessive
State subtype of phobia

Animal
Natural environment
Blood
Situational
Other

Question 18

Prevalence, Comorbidity, Onset, & Course
Specific phobia

Answer 18

Specific phobia is 1 of the 2 most common childhood anxiety disorders (separation anxiety disorder is the other)

Prevalence: 20% of children experience specific phobias (usually more common in girls)
Comorbidity: common, but less common than is seen in other anxiety disorders

Onset: 7-9 years for phobias involving animals, darkness, insects, blood, and injury
Course: Clinical phobias are more likely than normal fears to persist over time

Question 19

Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)

Answer 19

Extreme fear of social or performance requirements that expose child to scrutiny and possible criticism
Public speaking, performing, talking to others

Question 20

Diagnostic Criteria for Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia)

Answer 20

Marked fear or anxiety about 1 or more social situations in which the individual is exposed to possible scrutiny by others. Examples include social interactions (e.g., having a conversation), being observed (e.g., eating, drinking), or performing in front of others (e.g., giving a speech).
The individual fears that he or she will act in a way or show anxiety symptoms that will be negatively evaluated (i.e., will be humiliating/embarrassing; will lead to rejection/offend others).
The social situations almost always provoke fear or anxiety.
The social situations are avoided or endured with intense fear or anxiety.
(I) Fear, anxiety, or avoidance not better explained by another mental disorder.
For children- most occur in peer setting not just with adults
Fear is out of proportion of social situation
Last for 6 months or more
Specify if

Performance only: If the fear is restricted to speaking or performing in public

Question 21

Prevalence, Comorbidity, Onset, and Course
Social anxiety

Answer 21

Prevalence: lifetime prevalence of 6–12% of children (2x as common in girls)
Comorbidity:
2 in 3 children with social phobia also have another anxiety disorder
2 in 5 also have major depression
Onset: early to mid-adolescence (rare under age 10)
Course: average duration: 20–25 years

Question 22

Selective mutism

Answer 22

Consistent failure to speak when expected to- occurs even though child may speak in limited situations
Highly comorbid with social anxiety disorder

Question 23

Diagnostic Criteria for Selective Mutism

Answer 23

Failure to speak in in certain social situations where there is an expectation to speak (e.g., at school) despite speaking in other situations
Interferes with the child’s education or social communication
Has been present for at least 1 month
Not attributable to a lack of knowledge or lack of comfort with the language in use
The issue is not better explained by communication disorder

Question 24

Prevalence, Comorbidity, Onset, & Course

Answer 24

Prevalence: estimated to occur in 0.7% of children
Comorbidity: other anxiety disorders (social phobia and specific phobia). Selective mutism may be an extreme type of social phobia.- oppositional- more common in mutism, trauma may be a factor
Onset: ~3–4 years (early childhood)
Course: variable course; some “outgrow”

Question 25

Prevalence, Comorbidity, Onset, & Course
Selective mutism

Answer 25

Prevalence: estimated to occur in 0.7% of children
Comorbidity: other anxiety disorders (social phobia and specific phobia). Selective mutism may be an extreme type of social phobia.- oppositional- more common in mutism, trauma may be a factor
Onset: ~3–4 years (early childhood)
Course: variable course; some “outgrow”

Question 26

Panic disorder

Answer 26

Frequent panic attacks and feelings of terror- strike repeatedly and unexpectedly
1 month of fear after

Question 27

Diagnostic Criteria for Panic Disorder

Answer 27

(A) Recurrent unexpected panic attacks. A panic attack is an abrupt surge of intense fear or intense discomfort that reaches a peak within minutes and during which time 4 (or more) of the following symptoms occur:
Palpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate
Sweating
Trembling or shaking
Sensations or shortness of break or smothering.
Feelings of choking.
Chest pain or discomfort.
Nausea or abdominal distress.
Feeling dizzy, unsteady, light-headed, or faint.
Chills or heat sensations.
numbness or tingling sensations.
Derealization (feelings of unreality) or depersonalization (being detached from oneself).
Fear of losing control or going crazy.
Fear of dying.
At least 1 of the attacks has been followed by 1 month (or more) of 1 or both
of the following:
Persistent concern about additional panic attacks or their consequences (e.g., losing control, having a heart attack)
Significant maladaptive change in behavior related to the attacks (e.g., behaviors designed to avoid having panic attacks, such as avoidance of exercise or unfamiliar situations).
The disturbance is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., medication) or another medical condition.
The disturbance is not better accounted for by another mental disorder.

Question 28

Panic disorder Prevalence, Comorbidity, Onset, & Course

Answer 28

Prevalence: panic attacks: 16%; panic disorder: 2.5% (more common in girls)

Comorbidity: most have another anxiety disorder or depression (mania, hypomania, ADHD, and ODD, and substance abuse also co-occur)

Onset: adolescence (first panic attack ~15–19 years); 95% post-pubertal

Course: tends to be stable over time, rates of complete remission are low
Rare in children- puberty may play role in panick attack

Question 29

Agoraphobia

Answer 29

Used to be under panic disorder
May develop as complication from panick disorders- associated attack with situation and event

Fear and avoiding situations that cause panick and trap- because cant get help
Marked fear or anxiety in certain places or situations (i.e., being in a crowd, being outside the home alone, using public transportation, being in enclosed spaces)

The individual fears or avoids these situations due to thoughts that escape might be difficult, or help may not be available if they experience panic-like or other incapacitating symptoms

Now thought to be distinct from panic disorder

Question 30

Diagnostic Criteria for Agoraphobia

Answer 30

Marked fear or anxiety about 2 (or more) of the following 5 situations:
Using public transportation (e.g., cars, buses, trains, ships, planes)
Being in open spaces (e.g., parking lots, grocery stores, bridges)
Being in an enclosed place (e.g., shops, theaters)
Standing in line or being in a crowd
Being alone outside the home
The individual fears or avoids these situations because of thoughts that escape might be difficult or help might not be available in the event of developing panic-like symptoms or other incapacitating or embarrassing symptoms
The situations almost always provoke fear or anxiety
The situations are actively avoided, require the presence of a companion, or are endured with intense fear or anxiety
The fear or anxiety is out of proportion to the actual danger posed by the agoraphobic situations and to the sociocultural context.
The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is persistent, typically lasting for 6 months or more.
The fear, anxiety, or avoidance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social or occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
If another medical condition is present, the fear, anxiety, or avoidance is clearly excessive.
The fear, anxiety, or avoidance is not better explained by another mental disorder.

Question 31

Agoraphobia Prevalence and Comorbidity

Answer 31

Prevalence: 2.5% of children ages 13–17

Comorbidity: anxiety disorders (panic disorder, specific phobias, social phobia), major depressive disorder, PTSD, and alcohol use

Question 32

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

Answer 32

Focus is widespread- variety of life events and activities – worry about grads, safety, relationships
Was referred to as free floating anxiety- but have many focuses of anxiety

Question 33

Diagnostic Criteria for Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Answer 33

Excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation) occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities (such as work or school performance).
The individual finds it difficult to control the worry.
The anxiety and worry are associated with 3 (or more) of the following six symptoms (with at least some symptoms present for more days than not for the past 6 months). Note: Only one item is required for children.
Restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge.
Being easily fatigued.
Difficulty concentrating or mind going blank.
Irritability.
Muscle tension.
Sleep disturbance (difficulty falling or staying asleep, or restless unsatisfying sleep).
The anxiety, worry, or physical symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

The disturbance is not due to the general physiological effects of a substance (e.g., medication) or another medical condition.

The disturbance is not better explained by another mental disorder.

Question 34

Prevalence, Comorbidity, Onset, & Course
Generalized anxiety disorders

Answer 34

Prevalence: lifetime prevalence is 2% for ages 13–18 (equally common in boys and girls)

Comorbidity: high rates of other anxiety disorders and depression

Onset: early adolescence

Course: Symptoms persist over time; 50% of severe cases are diagnosed again 2 years later; rates of full remission are low

Question 35

OCD

Answer 35

Used to be an anxiety disorder

Characterized by recurrent, time-consuming (> 1 hour per day), and disturbing obsessions and compulsions:

Obsessions: persistent and intrusive thoughts, urges, or images that are experienced as intrusive and unwanted

Compulsions: repetitive, purposeful, and intentional behaviors or mental acts performed to relieve anxiety (in an effort to neutralize obsessions)

OCD cycle
Anxiety causes behaviour- which are done to relieve anxiety- not permanent= continuous pattern

Question 36

Diagnostic Criteria for OCD

Answer 36

Presence of obsessions, compulsions, or both. Obsessions defined by (1) and (2):
Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that are experienced as intrusive and unwanted, and that in most individuals cause marked anxiety or distress.
The individual attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, urges, or images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action (i.e., by performing a compulsion).
Compulsions defined by (1) and (2):
Repetitive behaviors (e.g., hand washing, ordering, checking) or mental acts (e.g., praying, counting, repeating words silently) that the individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to rules that must be applied rigidly.
The behaviors or mental acts are aimed at preventing or reducing anxiety or distress, or preventing some dreaded event or situation; these behaviors or mental acts are not connected in a realistic way with what they are designed to neutralize or prevent, or are clearly excessive.
The obsessions or compulsions are time-consuming (e.g., take more than 1 hour per day) or cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

The obsessive-compulsive symptoms are not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance (e.g., medication) or another medical condition.

The disturbance is not better explained by another mental disorder.

Specify if:
With good or fair insight: Individual recognizes that obsessive-compulsive disorder beliefs are definitely or probably not true or that they may or may not be true.
With poor insight: The individual thinks obsessive-compulsive disorder beliefs are probably true.
With absent insight/delusional beliefs: The individual is completely convinced that obsessive-compulsive disorder beliefs are true.
Specify if:
Tic-related: The individual has a current or past history of a tic disorder.

Question 37

Prevalence, Comorbidity, Onset, & Course
OCD

Answer 37

Prevalence: Lifetime prevalence 1–2.5%

Comorbidity: most common are other anxiety disorders (ADHD, ODD, motor and vocal tics, depressive disorders, substance-use, learning and eating disorders also co-occur)

Onset: 9–12 years; 2 peaks (early childhood and late adolescence)
Course: Chronic disorder; 2 in 3 continue to have OCD 2–14 yrs after initial diagnosis

Question 38

Cognitive disturbance

Answer 38

Disturbances in how information is perceived and processed
Deficits in memory & attention
Anxious vigilance or hyper vigilance
Catstrophizing and rumination

Evaluate non threatening events as threatening
Focus on potentially threatening stimuli
Helps to attune to potential threat- but over respond to threat
Interpreting threat to confirm danger bias
Continually think about negative event

Focus on negative- see them selves as controlless

Question 39

Physical symptoms

Answer 39

Somatic complaints, such as stomachaches or headaches
Common in GAD, PD, and SAD (relatively less so in specific phobias)
90% of individuals with anxiety disorders have sleep-related problems

Physical manifestation of anxiety- caused by activated fights vs flight
High level of anxiety- reduce risky behaviour
Pay a toll in health related problems

Question 40

Social and emotional deficits

Answer 40

Expect danger
Deficits in understanding emotion
Defificts in theory of mind
High levels of social anxiety, socially withdrawn, lonely, cant maintain relationships
Difficulties differentiating between thoughts and feelings
Cant recognize how others are feeling/ thinking

Question 41

Anxiety to depression

Answer 41

In most cases, anxiety precedes and predicts depression

Anxiety and depression may form a single indistinguishable dimension in younger children, but are increasingly distinct in older children
Negative affectivity: persistent negative mood (e.g., sadness, anger, guilt)
Similar in depression and anxiety
Positive affectivity: persistent positive mood (e.g., joy, enthusiasm, energy)
Negatively correlated with depression, but independent of anxiety
In younger children- anxiety and depression very similar- becomes more distinct with age
Anxiety and depression associated with high negative affectivity
Anxiety= till show positive affectivity

Question 42

Ethnicity and culture

Answer 42

The experience of anxiety is pervasive across cultures

Ethnicity and culture may affect the expression, developmental course, and interpretation of anxiety symptoms but research is limited

Behavior Lens Principle: child psychopathology reflects a mix of actual child behavior and the lens through which it is viewed by others in a child’s culture
Differences in stigma= causes differences in prevelance and diagnosis

Question 43

Gender

Answer 43

By age 6, twice as many girls as boys have experienced symptoms of anxiety
Many disorders- higher prevalence in females

Question 44

Theories

Answer 44

Psychoanalytic- anxiety and phobia caused by unconcious conflicts- caused in ealry childhood- regressed and placed on self

Behavioural and learning- anxiety is learned through conditioning and maintained through operant conditions

Attachement- fearfulness biologically routed in attachement
Need support to build trust in environment
Insecure attachment see environment as hostile and threatening and to not trust caregiver

Question 45

Child temperament

Answer 45

Behavioral inhibition (BI): low threshold for becoming overexcited and withdrawing in response to novel situations or stimuli:
BI temperament places an individual at greater risk for anxiety disorders
~7x higher risk for developing social phobia

Question 46

Genetic Risk and Family Factors

Answer 46

Family and twin studies suggest:
About 30–40% of the variance in childhood anxiety symptoms is genetic
Moderate level of heritability and leaves most individual differences in vulnerability to anxiety to environmental influences

Parenting practices
Excessive parental control: overinvolved, intrusive, limiting independence
Parental attitudes: low expectations for child’s coping skills, expect child to get upset
Accommodation- accomadting to child-perpetuate behavior and anxiety

Question 47

Neurobiological Factors

Answer 47

Potential danger signals are monitored and sensed by the more primitive brain stem, which then relays the signals to the higher cortical centers through the limbic system

Behavioral inhibition system is believed to be overactive in children with anxiety disorders
Difficulty distinguishing between threat and safety cues
Threat-related appraisal biases

Behavioural inhibition- decrease behaviour impulse to avoid negative consequence
Heightened awareness of negative consequences

Question 48

Treatment

Answer 48

Relatively ethical and effective
Expose child to anxiety
Often aim to modify 4 primary problems:
Distorted information processing
Physiological reactions to perceived threat
Sense of a lack of control
Excessive escape and avoidance behaviors- teaching alternatives
Most common
Behavior Therapy
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Family Interventions
Medications
1- exposure therapy
Most effective=CBT- usually combined with exposure therapy

Question 49

Behaviour therapy

Answer 49

Main technique is exposure to the feared stimulus while providing ways of coping other than escape and avoidance

About 75% of children with anxiety disorders are helped by this treatment
Graded exposure:
Construct anxiety hierarchy
Present anxiety-provoking stimuli sequentially
Systematic desensitization:
Teach the child to relax
Construct an anxiety hierarchy
Present anxiety-provoking stimuli sequentially while the child is relaxed

Differby element of relaxation
Gradual= no relaxation- gradually exposed to fear, come up with feared situation and rate it 0-10
Child exposed to situations least to most distressing
2- includes relaxation

3. Flooding (i.e., massed exposure)

Typically used in combination with response prevention of preventing the child from engaging in escape or avoidance
Experience immediate exposure
Remains in anxiety- provide ratings as going- diminish anxiety over time
Participant modeling and reinforced practice:
Therapist models the desired behavior (e.g., approaching the feared object)
Therapist encourages and guides the child in practicing this behavior
Therapist reinforces the child’s efforts
Reducing physical symptoms of anxiety:
Muscle relaxation
Breathing exercises
Real-life or in-vivo
Virtual reality
Role playing
Imagining or observing others in contact with the feared object or situation (modelling)

All exposure procedures are effective but real-life works best

Question 50

Cbt

Answer 50

The most effective procedure for treating most anxiety disorders

Almost always used along with exposure-based treatments

Teaches children how thoughts can contribute to anxiety and how to modify maladaptive thoughts to decrease symptoms
Child taught how thought contributes to anxity
Teach fear plan- recognizes feelings of anxiety
Help child recognize anxious cognitions
Next part= exposure to anxiety
Coping cat
71% of children no longer diagnoses with primary diagnosis at the end of treatment

For many children, these gains have been maintained for 7–19 years
after treatment

Question 51

Family intervention

Answer 51

Child-focused treatments may have positive spillover effects into the family

Addressing children’s anxiety disorders in a family context can also support more lasting effects

Family treatment for OCD:
Provides education about the disorder
Helps families cope with their feelings
Using cbt and family=extremely beneficial

Question 52

Medication

Answer 52

Medications can help reduce symptoms (seem to be most effective when combined with CBT)

Medications are particularly effective for OCD

The most common and effective medications are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)