Growing Happy, Healthy Young Minds
Edited by Dr Ramesh Manocha & Gyongyi Horvath
To read the full chapter go to Volume 1, chapter 4, pp. 53-63.
Authors
Professor Jennie Hudson
Director, Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University
Professor Jennie Hudson is the Director, Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University. Jennie’s research focuses on understanding the factors that contribute to children’s emotional health and improving interventions available to children experiencing anxiety disorders. Jennie is a co-author of the Cool
Kids program and the books Treating anxious children: An evidence- based approach and Psychopatholog y and the Family.
Website: http://www.mq.edu.au/CEH
Dr Anna McKinnon
Clinical Psychologist, Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University
Dr Anna McKinnon is a clinical psychologist at the Centre for Emotional Health Clinic. Her research investigates the cognitive, behavioural, emotional and biological factors maintaining psychological disorders in the aftermath of trauma.
Website: http://www.mq.edu.au/CEH
This chapter will provide an overview of anxiety problems in adolescence and is for parents, teachers and other adults who have contact with adolescents who could be experiencing an anxiety disorder. Readers will gain an understanding of what anxiety is, what causes anxiety problems, how to recognise when anxiety becomes a problem, and what to do to receive support.
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