Anxiety in Preschool Children provides a comprehensive, integrated, and scientifically current resource for both clinicians and researchers who work with or encounter anxiety in preschool-aged children. With a focus on organizing and consolidating the most current research, this informative new volume offers an assortment of practical interventions and evidence-based strategies for assessment, treatment, and prevention that are tailored to preschool-aged children. This groundbreaking volume will prove to be an invaluable resource for anyone working with this unique patient population, from parents to practitioners.

Brian Fisak is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida and a licensed psychologist. His primary research and clinical interests are in the areas of anxiety disorders, prevention, and evidence-based interventions. He has an active research program in these areas and is the author of over 25 peer-reviewed publications.

Paula Barrett is internationally recognized as a prominent scholar and groundbreaking researcher in the field of child psychology. Paula has a distinguished international reputation as a keynote presenter, and has been published widely in the area of prevention and treatment of anxiety and depression, and the promotion of resilience through the evidence-based FRIENDS programs.

Anxiety in Preschool Children provides a comprehensive, integrated, and scientifically current resource for both clinicians and researchers who work with or encounter anxiety in preschool-aged children. With a focus on organizing and consolidating the most current research, this informative new volume offers an assortment of practical interventions and evidence-based strategies for assessment, treatment, and prevention that are tailored to preschool-aged children. This groundbreaking volume will prove to be an invaluable resource for anyone working with this unique patient population, from parents to practitioners.

Introduction

1 Epidemiology and Nosology of Preschool Anxiety Disorders

CHELSEY S. BARRIOS, KATHERINE A. LEPPERT, AND LEA R. DOUGHERTY

2 Preschool Anxiety: Risk and Protective Factors

NICHOLAS D. MIAN AND SARAH A.O. GRAY

3 Normative Fears in Preschool-Aged Children

LAUREN PHILLIPS, NATALIE GAMES, JENNIFER SCHEURICH,

PAULA BARRETT AND BRIAN FISAK

4 Assessment of Fear and Anxiety in Preschool Children:

Parent and Teacher Report

SUSAN H. SPENCE

5 Assessment of Fear and Anxiety in Preschool Children: Selfreport

and Observational Measures

PETER MURIS

6 The Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Preschool-Aged

Children

PAULA BARRETT, NATALIE GAMES, BRIAN FISAK, PAUL STALLARD AND

LAUREN PHILLIPS

7 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Preschool-Aged Children

MARINA INIESTA-SEPÚLVEDA AND ERIC A. STORCH

8 Trauma and PTSD in Preschool-Aged Children

ANN-CHRISTIN HAAG, SHANA CELI AND MARKUS A. LANDOLT

9 Selective Mutism in Preschool-Aged Children

R. LINDSEY BERGMAN AND ARACELI GONZALEZ

10 Prevention of Anxiety in Preschool-Aged Children

BRIAN FISAK, LAUREN PERSAD, JULIA GALLEGOS AND PAULA BARRETT

11 Psychopharmacological Treatment of Anxiety in Preschool-Aged Children

ANUJA MEHTA, JASMINE REYES AND BRIAN FISAK

Concluding Remarks

PAULA BARRETT AND BRIAN FISAK

Index