Epidemiological Issues

Abstract

[discusses issues relevant to the] epidemiology in childhood anxiety disorders / [outlines] some of the methodological problems besetting all epidemiological studies and the solutions to some of these problems / some general issues that are not specific to the anxiety disorders [are] reviewed briefly / the issues include the problems of referral bias in clinical studies, the representativeness of general population studies, the separation of pathological from normal states, and the use of competing definitions of disorder, using either a categorical or a dimensional paradigm / [discuss how] the source of information about the child's symptoms can affect both prevalence and correlates of the disorder / a look will then be taken at the distribution of anxiety disorders in the general population and their comorbidity, correlates, and stability over time [briefly describe] 3 anxiety disorders [that] are not commonly reported in community studies / they are avoidant disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: chapter)