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Article: CHILDHOOD ANXIETY DISORDERS CAN AND SHOULD BE TREATED, ACCORDING TO UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SOUTHWESTERN NATIONAL EXPERT
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- December 24, 2008
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The University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release:
Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents should be recognized and treated to prevent educational underachievement and adult substance abuse, anxiety disorders and depression, says a nationally recognized child psychiatrist from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
In an editorial appearing in the Dec. 25 issue of New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Graham Emslie, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at UT Southwestern, urges awareness that children need to be treated for anxiety disorders and recommends that related empirical evidence be integrated into treatment guidelines.
"Anxiety disorders may ...