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This series focuses on how anxiety affects North Jersey kids, their families, school systems and the mental health community.

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Jan 20, 2016
Camps aim to ease young worries for kids battling anxiety
The winter weather may have just arrived in North Jersey, but for parents, it’s already time to start thinking about summer: It’s camp fair and open house season.
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Aug 18, 2015
Five apps to help kids with new school year anxiety
The start of a new school year can be very stressful and anxiety-inducing for children and parents alike. Since the kids have phones and tablets in hand anyway, they might as well use them to work through those worries.
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Apr 27, 2015
How schools are trying to help kids cope with anxiety
Hysterically begging not to go to school each morning, then, once there, tears, trips to the nurse’s office, focus lost to a cycle of worries and a never-ending series of questions for teachers about the schedule and ...
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Apr 26, 2015
Schools play major role - good and bad - in life of kids with anxiety
A kindergartner is grabbed by the arm and dragged into the classroom she is afraid to enter. A middle-schooler has an anxiety attack in gym class, and the teacher stands there looking at his watch, timing the student's ...
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Apr 19, 2015
Kids and anxiety: North Jersey family battles insurance company for daughter's care
Costly treatment for anxiety disorders forces families to make financial and treatment decisions.
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Clinical research clinics offer option for families
There is a no-cost option for cutting-edge treatment for childhood anxiety disorders if a family is willing to go to a clinical research facility. Using state funds and research grants, these typically university-affiliated clinics around the country offer comprehensive care.
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Apr 16, 2015
Kids and Anxiety: Many theories exist as to why some kids are anxious and others aren't
One in four children suffers from an anxiety disorder during childhood and adolescence, according to experts, but why is this particular child in that 25 percent? Why him instead of his classmate? Why her and not her ...
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Apr 12, 2015
Kids and anxiety: Child’s fear can become parents’ nightmare
The knot in the stomach rarely disappears. The lump merely grows and shrinks amid the turbulence of raising a child with an anxiety disorder. It is fueled by anticipation (Will the school nurse call today? Can we get ...
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Successful anxiety therapy needs parents to be on board
Parents may think putting their child in therapy means secretive, behind-closed-door talking sessions that end with their writing a check then wondering what went on in those confidential conversations. But with ...
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Apr 7, 2015
Kids and anxiety: Therapists integrate yoga, meditation and other methods to alleviate stress and worries
Therapy and medication are primary treatments for childhood and adolescent anxiety, but they are not the only way to help kids who are feeling stressed and anxious.
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Apr 6, 2015
Kids and anxiety: Cognitive behavioral therapy challenges fear head on
It started with simply driving down the street. The little girl in treatment for selective mutism — an anxiety disorder in which a child is unable to speak in certain situations — was entering kindergarten in September. ...
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Medication for anxiety disorder: A choice with lingering doubts
For a parent of a child seeking treatment for an anxiety disorder, there is often a difficult internal debate if a therapist recommends medication.
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Mar 29, 2015
Kids and anxiety: Teen’s turning point came when she helped a friend
The anxiety attacks started in third grade. Sometimes she wouldn’t know what started it, but most of the time it was a fear of throwing up — known as emetophobia and fairly common in kids with anxiety.
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Kids and anxiety: The day he lost his fear of school was a ‘miracle’
Andrea Ouida knew something was seriously wrong when her 9-year-old son Todd was clutching the dining room table, desperate not to leave their River Edge house for school. This was not the typical attempt to get out of ...
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Mar 22, 2015
Diagnosing kids' anxiety not so cut and dried, experts say
Parents watch their children and know something is wrong, but many North Jersey families find it can take a long time and many doctors' appointments to be told the issue is anxiety.
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Kids and anxiety: Is it anxiety, or something else?
Many disorders share similar symptoms with anxiety. Here are some common conditions that may mimic anxiety and signs that it may be one of them instead, according to psychologist Anne Marie Albano, director of the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders in Manhattan
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Mar 14, 2015
Kids and Anxiety: Questions parents might have about professionals who treat anxiety
Parents who are concerned their child has an anxiety disorder often hesitate before reaching out for help. The child is struggling, but they do not know what will happen once they take their personal crisis to ...
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Mar 8, 2015
Kids and anxiety: Parents face a conundrum over whether to seek help
Differentiating between normal developmental fears and anxieties and behaviors that might be cause for concern can be difficult for parents. Deciding whether to seek professional help for their child is often a ...
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Typical behavior, or not?
Parents must figure out if their child's behavior is typical or is symptomatic of an anxiety disorder.
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Mar 4, 2015
Children overwhelmed with anxiety suffer physical, social and academic consequences
The questions don’t stop for children with anxiety disorders. They cannot answer them. They cannot ignore them. They cannot handle daily life without the excessive stress of these concerns. Whether it’s separation ...
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Mar 3, 2015
Kids and anxiety: Resources
For parents concerned about their children, the most difficult question to answer: Is something wrong with my child, or is this behavior developmentally typical? For help, the first step is often to call their pediatrician or school counselor.
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Mar 1, 2015
Kids and anxiety: An issue that affects kids, parents, friends and schools
Anxiety is the most prevalent psychiatric illness among children and teens. As many as 1 in 4 children and adolescents are affected by an anxiety disorder at one or more times in their lives; disorders can strike ...
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A rundown on anxiety disorders that affect kids
The word "anxiety" is a blanket term that covers the following anxiety disorders and phobias that affect children.
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