- AACAP
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ADIS
Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule
- AE
Adverse Event
- CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- CGAS
Children’s Global Assessment Scale
- CGI-I
Clinical Global Impression - Improvement Scale
- CGI-S
Clinical Global Impressions Scale - Severity Scale
- CI
Confidence Interval
- CMAS
Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale
- DSM-5
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- EAS Temperament Survey
Emotionality-Activity-Sociability Temperament Survey
- FSSCR
Fear Survey Schedule for Children - Revised
- ITT
Intention-to-treat
- MASC
Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children
- N/A
Not Applicable
- NICE
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- NIMH
The National Institute of Mental Health
- OCD
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- ODD
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- PARS
Pediatric Anxiety Rating Scale
- PICOTS
Population, Interventions, Comparisons, Outcomes, Timing, and Setting
- PRISMA
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
- PST
Problem Solving Therapy
- RCMAS
Revised Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale
- RCT
Randomized Controlled Trial
- SCARED
Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders
- SCAS
Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale
- SES
Socioeconomic Status
- SMD
Standardized Mean Difference
- SNRI
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor
- SOE
Strength of Evidence
- SPAI
Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory
- SRI
Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
- SSRI
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor
- STAI
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory
- TCA
Tricyclic Antidepressant
Publication Details
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US), Rockville (MD)
NLM Citation
Wang Z, Whiteside S, Sim L, et al. Anxiety in Children [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2017 Aug. (Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, No. 192.) Abbreviations.