National forum on child mental health relocates to Miami

01/27/2011 By
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The internationally acclaimed Niagara Conference for treating mental health problems in children and adolescents is relocating to South Florida. William E. Pelham, Jr., a leading authority on child behavior disorders and founder of the Niagara Conference, relocated the biennial conference when he joined the faculty at FIU  and established the [...]

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FIU Childhood anxiety expert warns: Back-to-school anxiety may be a serious problem

08/19/2009 By

MIAMI – The jitters children face as a new school year approaches can usually be shrugged away as end-of-summer blues. But for as much as 18 percent of children, those jitters may actually be anxiety, a disorder characterized by persistent and excessive worry about a number of events or activities. [...]

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FIU researchers seeking participants for clinical trial focusing on anxiety problems among children

07/27/2009 By

Now in the second year of a five-year study, participating families will receive state-of-the-art treatments and contribute to advancing knowledge of better treatments. The Child and Anxiety Phobia Program is beginning the second year of a clinical trial, and researchers are looking for more participants from the FIU community and [...]

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