Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of the Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety presents a collection of readings from leading experts that reveal the most effective evidence-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. Features expertise of the foremost scientist-practitioners in the field of child and adolescent anxiety Includes state-of-the art information on psychological interventions from each author Written in a clear and easy-to-follow manner for a wide audience

Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of the Treatment of Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety presents a collection of readings from leading experts that reveal the most effective evidence-based interventions for the prevention and treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents.* Features expertise of the foremost scientist-practitioners in the field of child and adolescent anxiety* Includes state-of-the art information on psychological interventions from each author* Written in a clear and easy-to-follow manner for a wide audience

About the Editors ixList of Contributors xiPreface xvAcknowledgments xviiSection I1 Classification of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents 1Cecilia A. Essau, Beatriz Olaya, and Thomas H. Ollendick2 Epidemiology, Comorbidity and Mental Health Services Utilization 23Cecilia A. Essau and Jheanell Gabbidon3 Course and Outcome of Child and Adolescent Anxiety 43Laura D. Seligman and Jessica L. GahrSection II4 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Child and Adolescent Anxiety 69Helena M.S. Zavos, Thalia C. Eley, and Alice M. Gregory5 Neurobiology of Paediatric Anxiety 89Jasper B. Zantvoord, Ramon J.L. Lindauer, Mirte J. Bakker, and Frits Boer6 Interpersonal and Social Factors in the Treatment of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders 117Thomas H. Ollendick and Shin-ichi Ishikawa7 Information Processing Biases 141Peter Muris and Andy Field8 Cultural Factors and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents: Implications for Treatment 157Cecilia A. Essau, Xenia Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, Constantina Demetriou, and Katere PourseiedSection III9 Evidence-Based Assessment and Case Formulation for Childhood Anxiety Disorders 177Bryce D. McLeod, Amanda Jensen-Doss, Emily Wheat, and Emily M. Becker10 Empirically Supported Psychosocial Treatments 207Katharina Manassis11 Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents 229Boris Birmaher and Dara Sakolsky12 Cool Teens: A Computerized Intervention for Anxious Adolescents 249Viviana M. Wuthrich, Michael J. Cunningham, and Ronald M. Rapee13 Bibliotherapy for Anxious and Phobic Youth 275Mary Coffman, Frank Andrasik, and Thomas H. OllendickSection IV14 Separation Anxiety Disorder 301Silvia Schneider and Kristen L. Lavallee15 Social Anxiety Disorder 335Deborah C. Beidel, Candice A. Alfano, and Brian E. Bunnell16 Specific Phobias 353Maria J. W. Cowart and Thomas H. Ollendick17 Generalized Anxiety Disorder 369Kendra L. Read, Chiaying Wei, Courtney L. Benjamin, Matthew P. Mychailyszyn, and Philip C. Kendall18 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 393Phoebe S. Moore, Martin E. Franklin, Jennifer Freeman, and John March19 Panic Disorder 423Alexander H. Queen and Jill Ehrenreich-May20 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 451William Yule, Patrick Smith, Sean Perrin, and David M. Clark21 School Refusal 471David A. Heyne and Floor M. SauterSection V22 Anxiety Prevention in School Children and Adolescents: The FRIENDS Program 519Cristina Akiko Iizuka, Paula Barrett, and Kate Morris23 Prevention of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Autism and Asperger Syndrome 545Tony Attwood and Kate Sofronoff24 CBT Intervention for Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Williams Syndrome 559Cecilia A. Essau and Elena LonghiIndex 575