Child or Teen Generalized Anxiety Disorder

November 262009

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder. Children and teens with GAD worry excessively and uncontrollably about daily life events.

Key Points:

* Although younger children can show signs of excessive worry, children usually develop GAD at about 12 years old.
* Girls are more likely to have GAD than boys. In fact, 2 out of every 3 children with GAD are girls.
* Almost half of children with an anxiety disorder will continue to suffer from an anxiety problem when they are adults.
* Many children with GAD also have other anxiety problems. The most common problems are social anxiety, depression, separation anxiety, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

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  1. StopPanicAnxiety Says:

    Panic and Anxiety …
    Panic and Anxiety Disorder for children are very dangerous. They should learn and know on how to deal and control it. It is very important so that they know what should be done when the disorder attack them.

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