More kids and teenagers are being diagnosed with anxiety disorders than ever before, but a new study shows many of them aren't getting the right type of treatment.
There is such a focus now on youth mental health. But that attention is also revealing that young children and teens aren't getting the right help.
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New research out Wednesday shows children and teenagers dealing with anxiety disorders are more often being treated with medication and not counseling.
This new study published in the journal Pediatrics looked at data involving patients from 4 to 24 years old and their treatment over a period of 12 years.
The study found that although the number of young patients with anxiety disorders increased, the number of them receiving psycho-therapy decreased.
Experts said the results of this study are troubling -- since for most people, therapy is the most effective way to treat anxiety disorders, and, ideally, a combination of counseling and medication.
There's good news for parents in the Triangle. Just this week, the first of its kind behavioral health urgent care center for children opened in Wake County.
Children in Wake County dealing with a mental health crisis now have a new option to get help.
Children and their caregivers in need of mental health support can now get help at the Hope Center for Youth and Family Crisis in Fuquay-Varina.
You can find our county-by-county resource guide here.