Anxiety disorder in children

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Introduction

Social anxiety disorder, according to Hazen (2013), can be defined as a medical condition that makes a victim easily irritable, emotionally numb, and hinder one from carrying out daily activities. For over a period of time now, scientist such as Thompson, Robertson, Curtis, & Frick (2013), have presented discomforting statistics that the number of reported cases of children with social anxiety disorder has increased considerably since the year 2013. Since social anxiety in children can be present in various forms such as social anxiety disorders, it becomes very complicated to identify the...