The Presence of Fear in the Lives of Children and Adolescents: An Introduction to Anxiety Disorders
By L. READ SULIK, M.D.
Fear, which is present in all of our lives, is the primitive, complex, innate neurophysiologically-mediated response to some perceived threat of harm or danger that exists in all of us. In fact, what we often refer to as “stress” is actually a response to those things in our lives that trigger the fear response either acutely or chronically. And chronic stress can have a profound effect on our developing children—and their developing brains.
Early Childhood Mental Health: The Continuum of Care
By GLENACE EDWALL
One of the most poignant moments I recall from clinical practice occurred as I talked with a father about the difficulties his preschool daughter was struggling with. He looked at me in disbelief and said, “It can’t be. She’s just too young to have mental health problems.”
Brain Imaging in Childhood and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders
By TONYA WHITE, M.D.
The ability to take pictures of the living brain using computer tomography (CAT scans) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized medicine over the past 30 years. The application of these tools to study psychiatric disorders began initially in the late 1970s with CT scans, and then progressed with the advent of MRI during the 1980s.
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