Anxiety in children and adolescents is at an all-time high. Providers and parents are seeking better ways to help anxious children. While It’s challenging to get up-to-date numbers, based on diagnostic interview data collected between 2001 and 2003 from the National Comorbidity Survey Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A), some 31% of adolescents reported experiencing anxiety at one time.

Rates of suicidal ideation in children and adolescents have been rising since before the pandemic, escalating during 2020 with a 100% increase in suicidal ideation after the onset of the pandemic. Since 2005, there has been a steady trend of increasing mental health needs among children and adolescents.

Anxiety is contagious, especially amongst younger and more suggestible children and teens. The impact of parent anxiety on children is a topic of interest. Specifically, whether parent anxiety exacerbates child anxiety and whether including parents in treatment for anxious children is effective in reducing anxiety in children and adolescents.

A group of researchers reviewed published studies that included parents' participation in treatment programs for anxious children. This literature review, published in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders, entitled The Impact of........

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