If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder An Essential Resource for Parents

"If Your Adolescent Has an Anxiety Disorder is designed for parents of teens who suffer from significant anxiety or who have been diagnosed with a specific anxiety disorder. In this essential guide for parents, the authors bring together two strands of knowledge - that of mental health professionals and parents who have lived through the experience of their own teenager's particular anxiety disorder. Based on the most up-to-date scientific research, this book offers extensive explanations of the four most common and impairing anxiety disorders in adolescents: social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder. It provides an in-depth look at the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of each illness, combines both professional advice from a leading psychologist and practical daily-management tips from parents who have faced these disorders in their own children, and discusses treatment options, including how to handle insurance and managed care issues."--BOOK JACKET.

Edna B. Foa, Ph.D., is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. Linda Wasmer Andrews is a freelance science writer based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is the co-author of If Your Adolescent Has Depression or Bipolar Disorder: An Essential Resource for Parents.