“How is anxiety diagnosed in children?”
My 12 year old son seems to suffer from mild anxiety from school. I want to know how is anxiety diagnosed in children?
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Thank you for your questions at FADT. Anxiety is diagnosed in children typically by a child psychiatrist. The main criteria include feelings of stress and anxiety which interfere with the child's life. Typically symptoms also include body pains and aches, inability to sleep, fatigue. I hope this helps. Thank you, Dr. Dodd, MD.
He complains of racing thoughts, sweating hands, heart's beating fast, and being somewhat confused with understanding things in general. He needs to be reassured quite frequently.
