PSY 4105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Panic Attack, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Selective Mutism
28 Dec 2017
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Anxiety: it is completely normal for a child to have fears. Phobias: type and number of fears are fairly stable, this may di er by culture; less fears with age in. Slightly higher number of fears in girls than in boys. 0-6m loss of support or loud noises. 2y loud noises, animals, dark, separation, strangers, new environments. 3y masks, dark, animals, separation from parents. 5y animals, bad people, dark, thunder, separation. 6y supernatural beings, injury, thunder, dark, sleeping alone, separation from parents. 7-8y staying alone, supernatural, ( rst year they are not scared of parental separation) 9-12y tests, school performance, injury, fears based on media events, physical appearance. Depression is manifested the same way as adult depression therefor we wont spend a lot of time in it. Anxiety in children is highly comorbid with other anxiety or mood disorders. In adolescent it is highly comorbid with substance abuse issues. The most common disorder found in children.
