Do children experience anxiety disorders?
Just like adults, children suffer from anxiety disorders. Their symptoms, however, may be different: irritability, poor school performance, refusal to attend school, immature behavior and illness. Separation anxiety, or fear of being away from parents, is a major childhood problem as well. Can anxiety disorders be helped? According to the National Institute of Mental Health, psychological treatment for anxiety disorders works. Psychologists are trained and experienced in diagnosing and treating these disorders and in working with family doctors and others if medication is needed. Seeing a psychologist is often less costly than seeing other types of doctors, yet is usually more successful in overcoming problems. Psychologists licensed to practice independently in the state of Michigan spend an average of 7.2 years on their doctoral degrees in addition to their undergraduate education. Two years of supervised post-doctoral psychological training and a national written proficiency test ar
