Psychosocial and pharmacological treatment for pediatric anxiety disorders

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1707-1719

  Fisher, Paige H ^a   Tobkes, Jonathan L ^b   Kotchern, Lauren ^b   Masia Warner, Carrie ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Children; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Fluoxetine; Fluvoxamine; Paroxetine; Sertraline

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DROWSINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GROUP THERAPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE SPASM; PHOBIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33845429135     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.6.11.1707     Document Type: Review

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