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International Handbook of Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents pp 43–65Cite as

Epidemiological Issues

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As recently as 1988, Myrna Weissman (1988) described the area of epidemiology in childhood anxiety disorders as “virgin territory.” While other disorders in childhood and adolescence had been the focus of considerable research activity, the anxiety disorders remained relatively uninvestigated.

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Anderson, J.C. (1994). Epidemiological Issues. In: Ollendick, T.H., King, N.J., Yule, W. (eds) International Handbook of Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1498-9_3

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