Anxiety in Children

Follow the links below to find information about anxiety disorders or phobias in children, including nightmares.

Reviewed September 2011

 

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Title:   Confidence - Professionals
Publisher:   Headroom (South Australia)
Description:   All children and adolescents experience some worries and fears at some time.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Trauma and children - two to five years
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Preschoolers are vulnerable to traumatic events such as disasters, bushfires, life-threatening accidents or illness, crime, violence or abuse. They may not yet be able to use words but their distress will show itself through changes in behaviour and functioning. Preschool age children need the assistance of parents and carers to feel safe, understand the experience and recover.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Fears - young children
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Parents often worry about their children's fears and anxieties. Children's worries and reactions to situations vary enormously.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Nightmares
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Nightmares are frightening dreams which wake children up, and leave them feeling upset and scared that something awful has happened or is going to happen.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Night terrors
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Many children have times when their sleep is disturbed because of nightmares, sleep terrors or sleepwalking. Night terrors may be called sleep terrors, because they can happen during any sleep, such as a daytime nap.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   School refusal and truancy
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   School refusal is when a child does not want to go to school, or is afraid to go to school. Often these children will be sick or miserable in the mornings. They want to stay at home rather than go out and do other things.
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Anxiety - when you are worrying about things
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Feeling worried at times is normal. What if you have to do a talk in front of the class or be in a play or play a musical instrument in front of others? Would you feel a bit scared?
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Sleep - children and nightmares
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Most children experience nightmares from time to time. Frightening dreams can start when the child is about two years old, and reach a peak between the ages of three and six years. Nightmares usually occur later in the sleep cycle, from 4am to 6am, but the frequency differs from one child to the next.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   War and children
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   War and media images of war bring fears and unease to everyone, no matter how far they may be from the conflict.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Separation anxiety
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Separation anxiety is when a child gets upset when separated from a parent or loved carer. For example, a young child may become distressed when left with a baby sitter, or when put to bed by herself
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Shyness and children
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A shy child is anxious or inhibited in unfamiliar situations or when interacting with others. Most children feel shy from time to time, but the lives of some are severely restricted by their shyness. Parents can help their children to overcome mild shyness. In severe cases, professional help may be advisable.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Anxiety disorders - Professionals
Publisher:   Headroom (South Australia)
Description:   All children and adolescents experience worries and fears as a natural part of development. Ongoing worries and fears become problematic when they begin to impact on a young person's ability to participate in day to day activities.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Bathing your toddler
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Step-by-step instructions for bathing a toddler. Includes information on dealing with fear of the bath or the plughole, and on taking a shower.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Trauma and children - newborns to two years
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Babies and toddlers can be affected by trauma. Anything that has a serious effect on the family is likely to also affect a young child. This may include bushfires, disasters, serious accidents or illness, crime, violence or abuse. Supporting the family to rebuild a safe, secure and nurturing home will help the baby or toddler to recover.
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Fears and anxieties
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services
Description:   Information is provided about the common fears and anxieties experienced by children and how best to deal with them.
Date:   Feb 2010
Title:   Fear of the dark - children
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Many children feel afraid of the dark. A child's fear may disrupt their bedtime routine and sleep. There are many ways that parents can help their child to overcome this common fear. A nightlight, comforters such as a toy or teddy and a bedtime routine can help. Take a child's fears seriously but do not pretend to check for monsters as this may suggest to the child you believe monsters could exist. A child's anxiety may stem from events such as a parental separation, injury or hospital stay.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Afraid of starting preschool
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A discussion of why some children are afraid of starting preschool, with tips for helping children settle in at preschool, and ideas for overcoming anxiety about going to preschool or staying at preschool without parents.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Night terrors - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Children who experience night terrors usually have no particular emotional or psychological problem.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Non-pharmacological interventions for assisting the induction of anaesthesia in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The initial process of giving general anaesthesia (i.e. induction of anaesthesia) to children, can be distressing for them and also for their parents. Children can be given drugs to sedate them when anaesthesia is being induced, but these drugs can have...
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Fears and phobias - older children and teenagers
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Fears and anxieties. Children vary very widely in their reactions to things that happen to them or that they need to deal with.
Date:   Nov 2011

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