How prevalent are anxieties and phobias in children?

How prevalent are anxieties and phobias in children?

Charles Sophy (Private Practice in Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) gives expert video advice on: How prevalent are anxieties and phobias in children?; What is the professional treatment for a child with phobias and anxieties?; What can I do to prevent my child from developing an anxiety? and more...

Anxieties, fears, and phobias in children are not as significant as you would think. There's a lot of normal or age appropriate fears and anxieties in children that have to be worked through and allowed to develop on their own and then dissipate. So as far as diagnosing those anxieties, fears and phobias, there are usually three to five percent of the general population. Other than that it's the age appropriate stuff that a child should have that a parent needs to just foster and work through.