Maternal mental health problems during pregnancy and the postnatal period are a major
public health issue. Despite evidence that symptoms of both depression and anxiety are …

We provide an overview of where the field currently stands when it comes to having
evidence-based methods and instruments available for use in assessing anxiety and its …

BACKGROUND In pediatric patients with anxiety disorders, existing symptom inventories
are either not freely available or require extensive time and effort to administer. We sought to …

Objective: To evaluate how distinct presentations of anxiety symptoms and intellectual
impairment influence the measurement and estimated rate of clinically significant anxiety in …

Objective Anxiety is common in youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There is no
accepted outcome measure for anxiety in this population. Method Following a series of focus …

Assessing anxiety in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is inherently challenging due to
overlapping (eg, social avoidance) and ambiguous symptoms (eg, fears of change). An ASD …

This study examined the psychometric properties of the Revised Child Anxiety and
Depression Scale (RCADS) in a clinical sample of 513 youth referred for mental health …

Background Family accommodation has been studied in obsessive compulsive disorder
using the F amily A ccommodation S cale (FAS) and predicts greater symptom severity, more …

The Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES) is a brief child-friendly measure
designed to screen children at risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It has good …

This study examined emotion management skills in addition to the role of emotional intensity
and self-efficacy in emotion regulation in 26 children with anxiety disorders (ADs) ages 8 to …