Research Review: Pediatric anxiety disorders - what have we learnt in the last 10 years?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anxiety disorders first emerge during the critical developmental periods of childhood and adolescence. This review synthesizes recent findings on the prevalence, risk factors, and course of the anxiety disorders; and their neurobiology and treatment.

Methods

For this review, searches were conducted using PubMed, PsycINFO, and clinicaltrials.gov. Findings related to the epidemiology, neurobiology, risk factors, and treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders were then summarized.

Findings

Anxiety disorders are high prevalence, and early-onset conditions associated with multiple risk factors including early inhibited temperament, environment stress, and structural and functional abnormalities in the prefrontal-amygdala circuitry as well as the default mode and s

SUBMITTER: Strawn JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7718323 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature