An essential guide for parents, teachers, or other adults who interact with teenagers who may be affected by an anxiety disorder, this resource provides readers with the clinical information and practical advice they need to understand and help teens.

Edna B. Foa, Ph.D., is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety. Linda Wasmer Andrews is a freelance science writer based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is the co-author of If Your Adolescent Has Depression or Bipolar Disorder: An Essential Resource for Parents.

• 1: Introduction: Uneasy minds


• 2: Anxiety disorders: what they are, where they come from


• 3: Social anxiety disorder: afraid of embarrassment


• 4: Generalized anxiety disorder: worried about everything


• 5: Obsessive-compulsive disorder: caught in a mind trap


• 6: Post-traumatic stress disorder: failure to recover from a trauma


• 7: Treatment and recovery: a close-up of the process


• 8: Call to action: fighting stigma, empowering your teen


• Appendix: Diagnostic criteria