Anxiety

For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources and select a childhood-onset anxiety disorder other than posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Then, consider how a genetic predisposition to anxiety or depressive-spectrum disorder may influence a child or adolescent’s treatment.

Assignment ;
a description of the childhood-onset anxiety disorder you selected and the treatment program you would prescribe. Then explain additional considerations you may take when treating a child or adolescent who has a parent with an anxiety or depressive-spectrum disorder. Be specific and provide supporting evidence from the empirical literature.

Resources;
Mash, E. J., & Wolfe, D. A. (2019). Abnormal child psychology (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Chapter 11, “Anxiety and Obsessive – Compulsive Disorders” (pp. 357-401
Chapter 2, “Theories and Causes” (pp. 27–53)

Mental Health America. (n.d.). Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Retrieved March 6, 2014, from http://www.nmha.org/conditions/generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad#.Uxjcu4Xa2KI

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (n.d.). PTSD: National Center for PTSD. Retrieved May 29, 2014, from http://www.ptsd.va.gov/

Watkins, C. E., & Brynes, G. (2003). Anxiety disorders in children and adults. Retrieved from http://www.baltimorepsych.com/anxiety.htm