Season 2: Episode #9: A Conversation About Anxiety in Children

In My Backyard

Nov 01 2022 | 00:37:06

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Show Notes

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, reported in 2019 that 9.4% of children in the US aged 3 to 17 were diagnosed with clinical anxiety, representing an astounding 5.8 million young ones. Significantly, this data predates the COVID-19 pandemic. Global research by Drs Nicole Racine, Brae Anne McArthur et al found that […]

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