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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| How This Book Can Help | |
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| My Experience with Anxiety | |
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| Anxiety in Children: When Is It Normal, When Is It a Disorder? | |
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| What Is Anxiety? | |
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| What Is Anxiety and Why Is It So Prevalent Today? | |
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| Threats That Lead to Anxiety in Children | |
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| The Role of Stress in Children's Anxiety | |
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| Emotions and Anxiety | |
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| Cognitive Patterns and Anxiety | |
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| Three Ingredients in Anxiety | |
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| Childhood Anxiety Disorders | |
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| Children's Normal Fears | |
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| Anxiety Disorders in Children | |
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| Mixed Anxiety Disorders | |
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| Secondary Depression | |
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| Other Disorders Associated with Anxiety | |
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| Anxiety Disorders at Different Ages | |
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| Personality Traits in Anxious Children | |
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| The "Anxiety Personality Style" | |
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| Cognitive Patterns of the Anxious Child | |
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| Assets and Liabilities of the Anxiety Personality Style | |
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| Identifying Anxious Children in School and Day Care | |
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| What Parents Can Do | |
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| Sources of Anxiety in Children and How You Can Help to Counteract Them | |
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| Before and Beyond Birth: Developmental Stages and the Roots of Anxiety | |
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| Bonding | |
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| Brain Development and Anxiety | |
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| Early Child Development and Anxiety | |
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| What Parents Can Do | |
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| The Family and Anxiety in Children | |
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| Divorce | |
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| Child Abuse | |
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| Performance Pressure | |
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| Families and Feelings | |
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| Other Family Patterns and Styles | |
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| Sexuality | |
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| Drug and Alcohol Abuse | |
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| Religion and Spirituality | |
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| Discipline | |
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| Parents' Own Anxiety | |
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| Stress in Parents | |
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| Other Things Parents Can Do | |
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| Society and Anxiety | |
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| Dangers in the Environment | |
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| Natural Disasters | |
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| Lack of Health Care for Children | |
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| Sexual Abuse | |
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| Violations of Trust and Power | |
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| Children as Exploited Consumers | |
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| Drug and Alcohol Issues | |
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| Obesity and Related Health Problems | |
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| Terrorism, War, and Child Anxiety | |
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| My Anxiety about War | |
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| Terrorism | |
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| Government Responses to Terrorism | |
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| What Parents Can Do | |
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| Anxiety in School | |
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| Grading Our Schools | |
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| How Schools Create Stress and Anxiety in Children | |
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| Learning Styles | |
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| Multiple Intelligences | |
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| Emotional Intelligence | |
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| Personality Integration | |
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| Social Stress and Anxiety | |
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| Bullying, Teasing, and Violence in Schools | |
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| Theft in Schools | |
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| Academic Sources of Anxiety | |
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| Homework Stress and Anxiety | |
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| When Does College Begin? | |
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| What Parents Can Do | |
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| The Media and Child Anxiety | |
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| Television and Movies | |
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| Music | |
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| Video Games | |
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| Inadequate Rating Systems | |
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| Internet Surfing | |
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| What Parents Can Do | |
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| Treating Anxiety in Children | |
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| Biochemistry, Medication, and Nature's Remedies | |
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| Help Often Begins with the Family Doctor | |
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| Biochemical Approach to Treating Anxiety | |
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| Brief History of Drug Treatment for Anxiety | |
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| Pros and Cons of Medication for Children's Anxiety | |
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| Alternative-Medicine Approaches | |
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| Psychotherapy for Anxious Children | |
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| When to Seek Therapy | |
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| How to Choose a Therapist for Your Anxious Child | |
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| How Therapists Evaluate Anxious Children | |
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| Types of Therapy for Anxious Children | |
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| Components of Therapy for Anxious Children | |
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| Treatment Progress | |
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| Health-Insurance and Managed-Care Issues | |
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| A Chapter for Young People: What You Can Do to Help Treat Your Own Anxiety | |
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| What's Good about Anxiety? | |
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| What You Should Know about Anxiety | |
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| How to Relax and Why | |
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| How to Control Stress | |
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| Are You Having Fun Yet? | |
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| Are You "Too Sensitive"? | |
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| Are You a Perfectionist? | |
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| Do You Worry a Lot? | |
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| How to Stop Unwanted Thoughts or Behavior | |
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| How to Speak Up for Yourself | |
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| Are Your Parents Divorced? | |
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| Does School Make You Anxious or Stressed? | |
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| Bad Things That Can Happen and What You Can Do | |
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| How Do You Feel? | |
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| The Good and Bad News about Television, Movies, Video Games, and Music | |
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| Good Foods and Bad Foods for Anxiety | |
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| Should You Get Professional Help? | |
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| Medicine for Anxiety | |
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| Case Examples | |
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| Social Anxiety | |
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| Generalized Anxiety | |
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| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | |
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| Group Therapy for Adolescent Social Anxiety | |
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| Panic Disorder and Separation Anxiety | |
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| Divorce, Separation Anxiety, and Emetophobia | |
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| Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Anxiety Associated with a Medical Condition | |
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| Quick Cure for Generalized Anxiety Disorder | |
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| PTSD with Mixed Anxiety Disorder | |
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| In Closing | |
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| What Schools Can Do to Reduce Anxiety | |
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| Alternatives to Tests and Numerical Grades | |
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| Group Learning and Multi-Age Classes | |
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| Safety and Violence | |
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| Relationship Between School and Family | |
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| Curriculum Considerations | |
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| Use of Technology | |
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| Honor Code | |
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| Resources | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |