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Below are some common reactions that children and adolescents may display after being exposed to trauma. If your child has been exposed to a traumatic experience or event, seek help from a mental health provider.

Young Children (1-6 years)

• Helplessness and passivity; lack of usual responsiveness
• Generalized fear about many things
• Heightened arousal and confusion through fear and anxiety
• Cognitive confusion, seeming distracted, unable to focus or give attention
• Difficulty talking about event; lack of verbalization
• Difficulty identifying feelings or being aware of them
• Nightmares and other sleep disturbances
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ANXIETY

The feeling of anxiety is common to all and we have all felt it many times in the course of our lives. But when anxiety becomes an excessive, irrational dread of everyday situations, it becomes a disorder.

Nearly 40 million people above the age of 18 are affected by this disorder in a given year. Anxiety disorder may be caused by a mental condition, a physical condition, the effects of drugs, or from a combination of these.

Some of the common Types of Anxiety Disorders are:

I PANIC DISORDER

This condition is characterized by periods of intense fear or a psychological distress that lasts for about half an hour.

II GENERAL ANXIETY DISORDER (GAD)

This condition is characterized by excessive anxiety and worry, occurring more days than not for a period of at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities. Having this disorder means always anticipating disaster, often worrying excessively about health, money, family, or work. Sometimes, though, the source of the worry is hard to pinpoint.

III PHOBIC DISORDERS

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