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Clinical characteristics of anxiety disordered youth.

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Kendall, PC; Compton, SN; Walkup, JT; Birmaher, B; Albano, AM; Sherrill, J; Ginsburg, G; Rynn, M; McCracken, J; Gosch, E; Keeton, C; Suveg, C ...
Published in: J Anxiety Disord
April 2010

Reports the characteristics of a large, representative sample of treatment-seeking anxious youth (N=488). Participants, aged 7-17 years (mean 10.7 years), had a principal DSM-IV diagnosis of separation anxiety disorder (SAD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), or social phobia (SP). Although youth with a co-primary diagnosis for which a different disorder-specific treatment would be indicated (e.g., major depressive disorder, substance abuse) were not included, there were few other exclusion criteria. Participants and their parent/guardian underwent an extensive baseline assessment using a broad array of measures capturing diagnostic status, anxiety symptoms and severity, and areas of functional impairment. Means and standard deviations of the measures of psychopathology and data on diagnostic status are provided. The sample had moderate to severe anxiety disorder and was highly comorbid, with 55.3% of participants meeting criteria for at least one non-targeted DSM-IV disorder. Anxiety disorders in youth often do not present as a single/focused disorder: such disorders in youth overlap in symptoms and are highly comorbid among themselves.

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J Anxiety Disord

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1873-7897

Publication Date

April 2010

Volume

24

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3

Start / End Page

360 / 365

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Psychometrics
  • Phobic Disorders
  • Personality Assessment
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Comorbidity
 

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Kendall, P. C., Compton, S. N., Walkup, J. T., Birmaher, B., Albano, A. M., Sherrill, J., … Piacentini, J. (2010). Clinical characteristics of anxiety disordered youth. J Anxiety Disord, 24(3), 360–365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.01.009
Kendall, Philip C., Scott N. Compton, John T. Walkup, Boris Birmaher, Anne Marie Albano, Joel Sherrill, Golda Ginsburg, et al. “Clinical characteristics of anxiety disordered youth.J Anxiety Disord 24, no. 3 (April 2010): 360–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.01.009.
Kendall PC, Compton SN, Walkup JT, Birmaher B, Albano AM, Sherrill J, et al. Clinical characteristics of anxiety disordered youth. J Anxiety Disord. 2010 Apr;24(3):360–5.
Kendall, Philip C., et al. “Clinical characteristics of anxiety disordered youth.J Anxiety Disord, vol. 24, no. 3, Apr. 2010, pp. 360–65. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.01.009.
Kendall PC, Compton SN, Walkup JT, Birmaher B, Albano AM, Sherrill J, Ginsburg G, Rynn M, McCracken J, Gosch E, Keeton C, Bergman L, Sakolsky D, Suveg C, Iyengar S, March J, Piacentini J. Clinical characteristics of anxiety disordered youth. J Anxiety Disord. 2010 Apr;24(3):360–365.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Anxiety Disord

DOI

EISSN

1873-7897

Publication Date

April 2010

Volume

24

Issue

3

Start / End Page

360 / 365

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Psychometrics
  • Phobic Disorders
  • Personality Assessment
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Comorbidity