Check out this Washington Post news story about using the anti-depressant
Luvox in young children with anxiety and shyness.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/564900.asp

Part of the article reads:

"An example of a child with severe social phobia would be one who refused to
go to school for two weeks, said Mark Riddle of the Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine, one of the study’s authors. A milder example, he said,
would be a child who went to school and participated in clubs and group
events, but with intense discomfort.
Extreme separation anxiety disorder, he said, would be displayed in a child
who avoided birthday parties and sleepovers. A medium-grade example would be
children who refused to sleep in their own rooms and wanted to get into bed
with their parents."

Re-read that last sentence again.  Anyone wanting to comment, Dr. Riddle's
email address is [log in to unmask]

Kathy Dettwyler


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