Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-282) and index.
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Anxiety in children: when is it normal, when is it a disorder? -- What is anxiety? -- Childhood anxiety disorders -- Personality traits in anxious children -- Sources of anxiety in children and how you can help to counteract them -- Before and beyond birth: developmental stages and the roots of anxiety -- The family and anxiety in children --Society and anxiety -- Terrorism, war, and child anxiety -- Anxiety in school -- The media and child anxiety -- Treating anxiety in children -- Biochemistry, medication, and nature's remedies -- Psychotherapy for anxious children -- A chapter for young people: what you can do to help treat your own anxiety -- Case examples -- What school can do to reduce anxiety.