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overanxious disorder

MedGen UID:
1826188
•Concept ID:
C0029942
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Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonym: general anxiety disorder

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Psychopharmacologic treatment of anxiety disorders in adolescents and children.
Popper CW
J Clin Psychiatry 1993 May;54 Suppl:52-63. PMID: 8099578
Diagnosis and treatment of child and adolescent anxiety disorders.
Thyer BA
Behav Modif 1991 Jul;15(3):310-25. doi: 10.1177/01454455910153003. PMID: 1683228
Behavioral assessment and treatment of overanxious disorder in children and adolescents.
Strauss CC
Behav Modif 1988 Apr;12(2):234-51. doi: 10.1177/01454455880122004. PMID: 3069094

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Comorbidity in childhood anxiety disorders and treatment outcome.
Kendall PC, Brady EU, Verduin TL
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2001 Jul;40(7):787-94. doi: 10.1097/00004583-200107000-00013. PMID: 11437017
Current knowledge of medications for the treatment of childhood anxiety disorders.
Allen AJ, Leonard H, Swedo SE
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1995 Aug;34(8):976-86. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199508000-00007. PMID: 7665455
Psychopharmacologic treatment of anxiety disorders in adolescents and children.
Popper CW
J Clin Psychiatry 1993 May;54 Suppl:52-63. PMID: 8099578
Diagnosis and treatment of child and adolescent anxiety disorders.
Thyer BA
Behav Modif 1991 Jul;15(3):310-25. doi: 10.1177/01454455910153003. PMID: 1683228
High anxiety in children.
Graae F
J Clin Psychiatry 1990 May;51 Suppl:18-9; discussion 50-3. PMID: 2186021

Prognosis

Subtypes of stuttering determined by latent class analysis in two Swiss epidemiological surveys.
Ajdacic-Gross V, Bechtiger L, Rodgers S, Müller M, Kawohl W, von Känel R, Mutsch M, Rössler W, Seifritz E, Castelao E, Strippoli MF, Vandeleur C, Preisig M, Howell P
PLoS One 2018;13(8):e0198450. Epub 2018 Aug 7 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198450. PMID: 30086147Free PMC Article
High risk studies and developmental antecedents of anxiety disorders.
Hirshfeld-Becker DR, Micco JA, Simoes NA, Henin A
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2008 May 15;148C(2):99-117. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30170. PMID: 18409200
Panic disorder in children and adolescents.
Diler RS
Yonsei Med J 2003 Feb;44(1):174-9. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2003.44.1.174. PMID: 12619196
Separation anxiety and overanxious disorders: relations to age and level of psychosocial maturity.
Westenberg PM, Siebelink BM, Warmenhoven NJ, Treffers PD
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1999 Aug;38(8):1000-7. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199908000-00016. PMID: 10434492
The prevalence of overanxious disorder and separation anxiety disorder: results from the Ontario Child Health Study.
Bowen RC, Offord DR, Boyle MH
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1990 Sep;29(5):753-8. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199009000-00013. PMID: 2228929

Clinical prediction guides

Subtypes of stuttering determined by latent class analysis in two Swiss epidemiological surveys.
Ajdacic-Gross V, Bechtiger L, Rodgers S, Müller M, Kawohl W, von Känel R, Mutsch M, Rössler W, Seifritz E, Castelao E, Strippoli MF, Vandeleur C, Preisig M, Howell P
PLoS One 2018;13(8):e0198450. Epub 2018 Aug 7 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198450. PMID: 30086147Free PMC Article
High risk studies and developmental antecedents of anxiety disorders.
Hirshfeld-Becker DR, Micco JA, Simoes NA, Henin A
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2008 May 15;148C(2):99-117. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30170. PMID: 18409200
What do childhood anxiety disorders predict?
Bittner A, Egger HL, Erkanli A, Jane Costello E, Foley DL, Angold A
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2007 Dec;48(12):1174-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01812.x. PMID: 18093022
Separation anxiety and overanxious disorders: relations to age and level of psychosocial maturity.
Westenberg PM, Siebelink BM, Warmenhoven NJ, Treffers PD
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 1999 Aug;38(8):1000-7. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199908000-00016. PMID: 10434492
Genetic and environmental influences on child reports of manifest anxiety and symptoms of separation anxiety and overanxious disorders: a community-based twin study.
Topolski TD, Hewitt JK, Eaves LJ, Silberg JL, Meyer JM, Rutter M, Pickles A, Simonoff E
Behav Genet 1997 Jan;27(1):15-28. doi: 10.1023/a:1025607107566. PMID: 9145540

Recent systematic reviews

The epidemiology of anxiety disorders in the Arab world: a review.
Tanios CY, Abou-Saleh MT, Karam AN, Salamoun MM, Mneimneh ZN, Karam EG
J Anxiety Disord 2009 May;23(4):409-19. Epub 2008 Oct 31 doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.10.009. PMID: 19091509

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