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Anxiety Reduction
by Roger
The mental health of infants and young children? Do we really have to worry about that at his age?
It can be strange to imagine a young child with anxiety, depression, or other mental health problems, but it can happen. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that in the United States alone, about 4.4 million children ages 3 to 17 have anxiety, about 1.9 children ages 2 to 7 years experience depression, and 6 million children in this same age group are diagnosed with
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). These statistics make it clear that mental health should be a primary goal of parents and caregivers, even for young children who have not reached school age.
