How to Help Your Anxious Child Battle Back-to-School Fears

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• How to tell if your child has an anxiety disorder
    Written by Emily Powell, MACC Children today experience a lot of pressures in an increasingly intensifying society. Unlike many adults, who are able to verbalize and express their anxiety clearly, most children do not. For various reasons, it is difficult to tell if your child has an anxiety disorder. Perhaps they don’t even know […]
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• What causes obsessive-compulsive disorder in children?
  –Written with Emily Powell, MACC Most families with a child experiencing symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) would like to know the reasons why their child has pediatric OCD (pediatric referring to children and adolescents under 18-years-old) and what caused it. They are hoping that perhaps identifying the root cause will somehow help with treatment options […]
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• Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Part 2
  In this post, I am going to describe some of the “forms” or configurations of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). A bit like looking at buildings from a distance. You can clearly see they are different but if you get up close you can see lots of unique detail. The first post was looking at buildings […]
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• Is Medication the Best Treatment for Child Anxiety?
  Written with Emily Powell, MACC What is the best course of treatment for children and adolescents suffering from anxiety? The research is clear that, when possible, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the most effective course of treatment.  Medication combined with CBT may be most effective in many cases but for many reasons parents can be cautious […]
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