Publisher's Synopsis
Despite a large number of books dealing with problems of anxiety in adults, there is real scarcity of quality practical material for helping children with problems of anxiety. The book aims to fill that important gap, as a practical and comprehensive text written by a multidisciplinary team of experts. The book is aimed at assisting professionals in offering skilful help to children and addresses the causes, nature and distribution of anxiety problems in children and various approaches to treatment. A large variety of helping professionals working with children - such as child psychiatrists, child psychologists, educational psychologists and health visitors - will find the book immensely valuable.