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Website: https://childmind.org/guide/quick-guide-to-social-anxiety-disorder/  en Español What is social anxiety disorder? Social anxiety disorder is a kind of anxiety that can cause children extreme worry about being rejected or judged negatively by oth...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/what-is-social-anxiety/  Writer: Rachel Ehmke en Español When you’re a teen you start being more aware of what other people think. There seems to be a “right” thing to wear, or say, or do. There also seem to be thi...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/tips-managing-social-anxiety/  Writer: Rachel Ehmke en Español If you are feeling shyer than you’d like to be, you’re in good company. A lot of kids — and adults — say they get anxious during social situations. May...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/how-to-help-anxious-kids-in-social-situations/  Writer: Katherine Martinelli en Español Debbie Weingarten’s son has been going to the same school for three years, loves his teacher and friends, and has a great time o...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/kids-who-worry-theyre-sick-when-theyre-not/  Writer: Shelley Flannery en Español We’ve all worried needlessly about our health at some point or another. Perhaps you have niggling thoughts about being diagnosed with c...

Website: https://childmind.org/guide/quick-guide-to-illness-anxiety-disorder/  en Español  What is illness anxiety disorder? Illness anxiety disorder is a mental health disorder that can affect children. Children who have illness anxiety disorder worry ...

Website: https://childmind.org/guide/quick-guide-to-somatic-symptom-disorder/  en Español  What is somatic symptom disorder? Somatic symptom disorder is a mental health disorder that can affect children. Children who have somatic symptom disorder worry ...

Website: https://childmind.org/guide/quick-guide-to-panic-disorder/ en Español What is panic disorder? Panic disorder is a specific kind of anxiety disorder. Kids with panic disorder have sudden attacks of anxiety that come with intense feelings of drea...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/panic-attacks-best-treatments/  Writer: Caroline Miller en Español “Panic attack” is a term that has come to be used very loosely for an anxious reaction. “You hear a lot of people say things like, ‘When I’m around d...

Website: https://childmind.org/guide/quick-guide-to-specific-phobia/  en Español What is specific phobia? Specific phobia is a mental health condition in which a child has an extreme and uncontrollable fear of something that out of proportion to the act...

Writer: Tara Kenny Website: https://childmind.org/article/what-is-a-specific-phobia/  en Español All children (and adults!) get scared from time to time. Thunder and lightning, getting a shot, or the neighbor’s dog can all strike fear into kids’ hearts, b...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/agoraphobia-in-children/  Writer: Rachel Ehmke en Español The stereotype most of us have of agoraphobia is someone who is afraid of stepping outside the home. In its most severe form, agoraphobia can become this li...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/emetophobia-fear-of-vomiting/  Writer: Deanna Cioppa en Español Kylie had always been an anxious child. She didn’t like to be separated from her mother, Sidney. As a three-year-old, she developed a sort of vocal ti...

Website: https://childmind.org/guide/quick-guide-to-selective-mutism/  en Español     What are the symptoms of selective mutism? The main signs that a child might have selective mutism are:  Talking a normal amount at home, but not speaking at ...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/selective-mutism-helping-kids-find-their-voices/  en Español Selective mutism is an anxiety disorder that renders children who are talkative at home — even fabulous little chatter boxes — speechless in situations such...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/how-shy-is-too-shy/  en Español If your child talks up a storm at home but doesn’t say a word at school, she may have an anxiety disorder called selective mutism. Raquel Cumba, PhD, discusses how selective mutism is...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/tips-for-helping-kids-with-selective-mutism-go-back-to-school/  Writer: Rachel Ehmke en Español If you have a youngster with selective mutism, it’s important to give them as much support as you can as they encounte...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/selective-mutism-and-starting-kindergarten/  Writer: Kathryn L. Keough, PhD en Español Starting kindergarten is both an exciting and nerve-wracking time for young kids and their families. If you have a child with sel...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/when-should-medication-be-used-to-treat-selective-mutism/  Writer: Roy Boorady, MD en Español When I see kids who’ve been diagnosed with selective mutism, cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is usually the first tr...

Website: https://childmind.org/article/selective-mutism-during-holidays/  Writer: Lindsay Macchia, PhD en Español For many people, holidays represent times of happiness. It is the season to spend extra time with loved ones, cook delicious meals, indulge i...