Academic Impairment and Impact of Treatments Among Youth with Anxiety Disorders

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 327-342

  Nail, Jennifer E ^a   Christofferson, Jennifer ^b   Ginsburg, Golda S ^c   Drake, Kelly ^b   Kendall, Philip C ^d   McCracken, James T ^e   Birmaher, Boris ^f   Walkup, John T ^g   Compton, Scott N ^h   Keeton, Courtney ^b   Sakolsky, Dara ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic functioning impairment; Adolescent anxiety; Anxiety; Child anxiety; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939963767     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-014-9290-x     Document Type: Article

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