Fluvoxamine for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric illnesses in children, 1 – 3 but most children with anxiety disorders do not receive treatment. 4 , 5 Several studies have documented the safety and efficacy of drug therapy for children with obsessive–compulsive disorder, but there have been few studies of drug therapy for children with more prevalent anxiety disorders. 6 , 7 Social phobia, separation anxiety disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder in children cause substantial distress and interfere with academic as well as social functioning. 1 , 2 , 8 , 9 Childhood anxiety disorders also foreshadow psychiatric illness later in life. Specifically, these disorders predict an increase by a factor . . .