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Product Description Despite a large number of books dealing with problems of anxiety in adults, there is real scarcity of quality practical material for helping children with problems of anxiety. The book aims to fill that important gap, as a practical and comprehensive text written by a multidisciplinary team of experts. The book is aimed at assisting professionals in offering skilful help to children and addresses the causes, nature and distribution of anxiety problems in children and various approaches to treatment. A large variety of helping professionals working with children - such as child psychiatrists, child psychologists, educational psychologists and health visitors - will find the book immensely valuable. About the Author Kedar Nath Dwivedi Consultant in Child, Adolescent, and Family Psychiatry at the Child and Family Consultation Service and The Ken Stewart Family Centre, Northampton and is also Clinical Teacher in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Leicester, UK. Ved Prakash Varma was formerly an educational psychologist with the Institute of Education, University of London, UK the Tavistock Clinic, and the London Boroughs of Richmond and Brent.