The Effects Of Anger And Anxiety On Children And Adolescents

Summary Anger, aggression, and anxiety are issues that continuously arise when dealing with Children and adolescents. This issue could be a result of stress, social acceptance, asserting independence, gaining self-identity, and in some cases parenting techniques. Indeed all of these issues are at times normal and even expected at this developmental stage, there are times when the feeling of anger and anxiety become obsessive and overwhelming for the adolescent. Not only does the effects of anger and anxiety disturb the child but indeed affects the parent, who are in hopes of a well behaved child with good grades. Some of the pressure of being this â€Å"perfect child† is another road to stress, anger, and apprehension. As the†¦show more content†¦There is help available for those adolescents experiencing overwhelming feelings of anger, aggression, and anxiety. Treatment is indeed important and deemed effective by previous, relevant empirical research. Treatment modali ties include but are not limited to: ï‚ § Psychotherapy – Treating emotional or mental disorders in hopes to teach skills and deliver relief. ï‚ § Holistic Counseling- entails all natural resources that help overcome depression, anxiety or mood (nutrition, diet and exercise). ï‚ § Depression Counseling- Depression counseling is particular to various types and levels of depression. ï‚ § Anxiety Treatment- Anxiety treatment may treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, social phobias, panic disorders, phobias, social anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder. ï‚ § Anger Management- Anger Management is at times becoming alert of unknowing or underlying emotions or communication approaches to help reduce anger ï‚ § Dialectical Behavior Therapy- DBT is a nature of treatment that emphasize on mindfulness, distress tolerance, and emotional regulation. (Lemerise, E. A., Dodge, K. A.2008) (Vernon, A.2002) In addition, another treatment modality that has been researched and experimented throughout most developmental stages is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. CBT was initiated by Beck