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Predicting the onset of anxiety disorders in adolescence

Who hasn’t felt a little anxious before an exam, a job interview, an important medical appointment? This anxiety is natural and sometimes even necessary. Indeed, he is the one who will push us to act so that everything goes as well as possible. But in some, the anxiety can become excessive and persistent and lead to a variety of symptoms ranging from phobias to generalized anxiety disorder through agoraphobia. In general, one in five people will suffer from an anxiety disorder during their lifetime. These are the most common psychological disorders. They often begin in childhood or adolescence, and “We know that a diagnosis of anxiety in young adolescents predicts later anxiety.”explains Pr: Bruno Falisard, child psychiatrist, director of the Center for Developmental Psychiatry and Trajectories in Paris.

But what about teenagers without diagnosed disorders? Can we identify those most at risk of developing anxiety…

Source: Le Figaro

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