Article Excerpt: Anxiety disorders are remarkably common among teens in the U.S.: Nearly a third of them will have an anxiety disorder by age 18, according to a study published in 2010 in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry—and girls are more at risk. So, increasingly, programs that treat teens for anxiety and depression are addressing social media and other types of digital communication. Psychologists are having teens practice texting, posting selfies to Instagram and Snapchat and “liking” and commenting on the posts of their friends. The techniques are usually part of cognitive behavioral therapy, a type of talk therapy that focuses on changing thoughts that fuel anxiety and exposing yourself to the situations you’re afraid of. CBT is the most evidence-based nondrug treatment for anxiety disorders.
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Article Source: The Wall Street Journal