Providing psychological treatments for children under ten with anxiety disorders is problematic for health professionals, as the approaches that are most successful with teenagers and adults are difficult to apply to the very young.
Psychologists at the University of Manchester in Great Britain are trying a new approach. They feel the special skills workshops they have developed for parents of anxious young children could offer a treatment breakthrough.
"Parents raising an anxious child need a very special set of skills which nobody ever teaches you," Dr Cartwright-Hatton, the lead researcher, explains, "so we're trying out a course which helps them develop the skills to give their child the best chance of becoming a confident, mature adult."
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