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Not too long ago, anxiety disorders were considered by many to be a personal weakness rather than a true illness, especially in children.

Thankfully, this stigma is on the decline, but finding appropriate treatments for children isn't always easy.

In this episode, we speak with a psychologist who has been researching the best treatments and assessments for anxiety disorders.

She tells us what parents, teachers, and anyone who works with kids needs to know.

I'm Audrey Hamilton, and this is Speaking of Psychology.

Thank you. is Speaking of Psychology. Psychologist Gold to Ginsburg is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut Health Center and has been developing treatments for anxious youth for more than 20 years.

She led the largest national longitudinal study of anxious youth in the United States to examine the long-term outcomes of anxiety treatments and is now following up with a study to examine the long-term effect of family-based treatments

for the children of anxious parents. Welcome, Dr. Ginsburg. Hello, nice to be here. I want to start

by talking about what an anxiety disorder is. How is it defined? I think a lot of people worry when

their child is anxious in certain situations, such as starting in a new school,

for example. But it might be helpful for them to understand the difference between everyday anxiety

and anxiety that is a problem in need of professional help. Can you talk about that? Absolutely. It's a

great question and one that I hear from parents all the time because anxiety is an emotion that we

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