Cohort study, 2010
How do anxiety disorders differ across different life stages?
The provided summary focuses on anxiety in children and risk factors. The section about women and hormones is cut off in the provided text, so no conclusion about menstrual-related anxiety can be drawn.
What they did
This appears to be a news summary of presentations at a conference on anxiety disorders, not a single research study. It discusses anxiety in children, risk factors, and one laboratory study of mother-child interactions.
What they found
Anxiety disorder is at least as common as depression or ADHD in children, appearing more frequently in girls than boys. Socioeconomic status, marital status, education level, ethnicity, and family size were not related to anxiety risk. Risk factors include anxious, overprotective parents and inhibited temperament. A laboratory study with 24 mother-child pairs (babies 12-14 months old) showed that when mothers acted anxious, their babies (especially anxious babies) avoided the stranger more than when mothers acted confident.
What it means for you
This summary is incomplete and focuses on childhood anxiety rather than menstrual-related anxiety. The section about how hormones affect anxiety in women was cut off. Parent-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy may help prevent childhood anxiety.
24
Mother-child pairs in laboratory study
12-14 months
Age of babies in laboratory study
Girls
More likely to develop anxiety than boys
About the study
- Original title
- Anxiety Disorders Need Different Approaches Throughout Life Cycle
- Authors
- Aaron R. Levin
- Journal
- Psychiatric News
- Year
- 2010
- Study design
- Cohort study
- What was tested
- Parent-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy mentioned for prevention
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1176/pn.45.7.psychnews_45_7_028
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