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Anxiety in Children and Adolescents (March/April) | 2018

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CME Post-Test for Anxiety - Children and Adolescents, CCPR, March/April 2018

March 1, 2018

The post-test for this issue is available for one year after the publication date to subscribers only. By successfully completing the test you will be awarded a certificate for 2 CME credits. Read More

Negative Efficacy of Desvenlafaxine and Fluoxetine for Children and Adolescents With MDD

March 1, 2018

Candace Good, MD.

The debate about whether antidepressants work in children has been with us since the tricyclic era. A recent study evaluated the short-term efficacy and safety of a newer agent, desvenlafaxine (Pristiq). Read More

Note From the Editor-in-Chief

March 1, 2018

Joshua Feder, MD

Anxiety is a broad concept that permeates pretty much all of our work. In particular, anxiety often compromises cognitive ability and drives acting-out behavior. Read More

Benzodiazepines in Children and Adolescents

March 1, 2018

Murat Pakyurek, MD

Because of their quick action, benzodiazepines (BZDs) are frequently prescribed to treat patients with anxiety and other conditions. However, clinicians need to consider the potential for unintended and problematic consequences of benzodiazepine use. Read More

Differentiating ADHD From Anxiety: Tips for Clinicians

March 1, 2018

Paula Jurczak, BSW and Joshua Feder, MD

When parents bring in their kids for concentration, attention, and learning issues, it’s common to assume a provisional diagnosis of ADHD. In many children, however, anxiety can be the real cause of these problems. Read More

Acting Out: Is It Anxiety?

March 1, 2018

Ira Glovinsky, PhD

We are all busy clinicians, but if we pause and take note of our natural responses and learn how we typically respond to various kinds of kids, we gain a valuable tool that supports our ability to effectively and efficiently assess a child. Read More

Azithromycin for Acute-Onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children

March 1, 2018

Thomas Jordan, MD

From obsessions, compulsions, and tics, to personality changes and oppositional behavior, the symptoms of PANS are wide-ranging. PANDAS is considered a subset of PANS that is temporally associated with a Group A streptococcal (GAS) infection. Read More

Celecoxib as Adjunctive Treatment in Acute Mania

March 1, 2018

Thomas Jordan, MD

Emotional stress can trigger an inflammatory cascade response and increase blood levels of proinflammatory cytokines—including IL-1, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α). These same inflammatory markers intensify in acute episodes of depression and mania. Read More