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Art And Play Therapy For Children With Anxiety, Kaitlin Messmer

Undergraduate Honors College Theses 2016-

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) can be defined as, “Excessive anxiety and worry (apprehensive expectation), occurring more days than not for at least 6 months, about a number of events or activities (such as work or school performance)” (DSM- V, 2013). Generalized Anxiety Disorder is one of many disorders that can be detected in children as early as infancy. As the child grows, both internal and external factors contribute to the development of anxiety disorders diagnosed by the presentation of the symptoms of excessive worry, etc. There are many methodological studies that have been conducted to test children and evaluate for …