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One of the world’s foremost experts on anxiety in children provides a guide to recognizing and alleviating a range of debilitating fears. Anxiety affects more children and teens than any other psychiatric illness, but it’s also the most treatable emotional disorder. Some 25 percent of children and adolescents will suffer an anxiety disorder at several points in their lifetime, resulting in serious problems in their ability to function in school, with peers, and on a general day-to-day basis. A renowned researcher and clinician who has developed groundbreaking, proven coping strategies illuminates a new path to fear-free living for families. You and Your Anxious Child differentiates between separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, and social phobia, and guides parents on when and how to seek intervention.
About the Author
Anne Marie Albano was born in Staten Island NY, attended high school and college in Florida, and received her MA in psychology from the University of Richmond and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Mississippi. She is professor of medical psychology in psychiatry at Columbia University School of Medicine in New York City. Dr. Albano is a widely recognized expert and devotes her career to the study of anxiety and mood disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults. Dr. Albano received 2015 Award for Outstanding Clinician by the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and in 2008 she received the Rosenberry Award in Behavioral Sciences from the University of Colorado at Denver for her service to children and families. She directs a clinical practice while also teaching and continuing her research. Dr. Albano is a highly sought-after speaker in the US and abroad. She lives with her husband in Brooklyn, NY, and looks forward to visits from her grown stepdaughters. You and Your Anxious Child is her first book for the popular press.
