The Anxious Child

The Anxious ChildA booklet for parents and carers wanting to know more about anxiety in children and young peopleThe Mental HealthFoundation is grateful to the Calouste GulbenkianFoundation for providing a grant towards the research andoriginal publishing costs of by:The Mental Health Foundation7th Floor, 83 Victoria StreetLondon SW1H 0 HWReg Charity No: 801130 Copyright 1997 The Mental Health FoundationCartoons drawn by Simon Whiteman The Mental Health FoundationWhat do we mean by anxiety inchildren, and should parents beconcerned about it? Many parents are unsure about whentheir Child s behaviour is something for them to worry about, or whether itis fairly typical behaviour for childrenof that age. Many parents are not surewhether to be concerned when ausually talkative 8 year old becomeswithdrawn and pre-occupied, when an11 year old feels sick every schoolmorning or when an adolescentsuddenly begins to refuse to leave their can often appear like a minefield forparents, trying to find out whether theirchild s behaviour is expressing realworry or unhappiness, and if

anxiety amongst adolescents might be revealed through over-eating or under-eating, excessive sleepiness, and over-concern with appearance. Some adolescents will experience phobias and panic attacks may occur. For the majority of young people the feelings of uncertainty, turmoil and unhappiness that are all

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