Burden of Anxiety Disorders in Pediatric Medical Settings: Prevalence, Phenomenology, and a Research Agenda
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The current review describes the phenomenology of several common anxiety disorders in children and adolescents as they present in medical settings. Anxiety disorders and associated features in children are described, along with epidemiology, functional impairment, common somatic complaints, medical comorbidity, health care utilization, and presentation in general and in specialty pediatric medical settings. Recommendations for clinical management in pediatric settings are presented, and evidence-based interventions and emerging treatments for pediatric anxiety disorders are described. The review concludes with a discussion of future research directions that may lead to increased recognition and improved management of anxiety disorders in pediatric medical settings.
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Chronic medical conditions substantially increase the risk of experiencing anxiety symptoms in children, with an estimated 20% to 50% of those with asthma, type 1 diabetes, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, congenital heart disease, and sickle cell disease developing an anxiety disorder.
“Chronic medical conditions substantially increase the risk of experiencing anxiety symptoms in children, with an estimated 20% to 50% of those with asthma, type 1 diabetes, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, congenital heart disease, and sickle cell disease developing an anxiety disorder [11,16].”
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredThe relationship between psychiatric and other medical conditions is bidirectional, with this comorbidity being associated with greater functional impairment than would be expected with either alone.
“The relationship between psychiatric and other medical conditions is bidirectional, with this comorbidity being associated with greater functional impairment than would be expected with either alone [11].”
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- Authors
- Ramsawh, H. J., Chavira, D. A., & Stein, M. B.
- Affiliations
- University of California San Diego (US)
- F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (CH)
- Venue
- Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2010-10-01
- Volume
- 164
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 965-72
- ISSN
- 1072-4710 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3106429
- OpenAlex
- W2110951068
- Semantic Scholar
- 518534a2809e7aa776b42950ab7e12570d6e23e8
- Cited by
- 110
- References
- 78
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 0.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Eli Lilly and Company
- GlaxoSmithKline
- University of California, San Diego (T32 MH018399)
- National Institute of Mental Health (K24MH064122, K01MH072952, R34MH090149, MH018399, T32MH018399)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- childhood anxiety disorders, children and adolescents, healthcare settings, somatic symptoms, functional disability, comorbidities, health care utilization, clinical management, evidence-based interventions, emerging treatments
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Psychiatry, Anxiety Disorders, Child, Child Psychiatry, Emergency Service, Hospital, Humans, Pediatrics, Primary Health Care, United States, Comorbidity, Prevalence, Evidence-Based Medicine, Biomedical Research
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