Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Handbook of Interventions that Work with Children and Adolescents: Prevention and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 113-143

  Hudson, Jennifer L ^a   Hughes, Alicia A ^b   Kendall, Philip C ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Depressive disorder; Diagnostic criteria; Generalized anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948752409     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470753385.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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