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(Pediatrics in Review. 2008;29:250-251.)
© 2008 American Academy of Pediatrics

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Fears and Phobias

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Childhood Fears and Phobias: Assessment and Treatment. King NJ, Muris P, Ollendick TH. Child Adolesc Mental Health. 2005;10 :50 –56[CrossRef] Fears, Worries, and Scary Dreams in 4 to 12 Year Old Children: Their Content, Developmental Pattern, and Origins. Muris P, Meckelbach H, Gadet B, Moulaert V. J Clin Child Psychol. 2000;29 :43 –52[CrossRef][Medline] The Etiology of Specific Fears and Phobias in Children: A Critique of Non-associative Account. Muris P, Merckelbach H, de Jong P, Ollendick TH. Behav Res Ther. 2002;40 :185 –195[CrossRef][Medline] Recognizing and Treating Childhood Anxiety Disorders. Placentini J, Roblek T. West J Med. 2002;176 :149 –151[CrossRef][Medline] Adult Disorders That Begin in Childhood Adolescence. Dulcan MK, Martini DR. In: Hales R, ed. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2nd ed. Arlington, Va: American Psychiatry Press; 2005:128 –133 Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Anxiety Disorders. Connolly SD, Bernstein GA, Steiner H, et al. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psych. 2007;46 :267 –283[CrossRef]

Phobias are a subcategory of anxiety disorders. The definition of phobias from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, edition IV criteria is excessive anxiety and worry occurring more days than not . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Jacques Benun, MD
Carol Lewis, MD
Matthew Siegel, MD
 Hasbro Children's Hospital
Warren Alpert Medical School of
Brown University
Providence, RI

Janet R. Serwint, MD, Consulting Editor




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