Executive function of children and adolescents with anxiety disorder / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Most anxiety disorders begin in childhood and adolescence, and early identification is the basis for early intervention.It is found that in addition to the physical, emotional and behavioral manifestations of mental anxiety, motor restlessness and hyperactivity of autonomic nervous system, patients with anxiety disorder also have significant attention bias to threat information and damage to executive functions such as working memory, inhibition and control, and these manifestations occur earlier than symptoms, so as to explore the anxiety disorder in children's cognitive characteristics of adolescence is a research focus in recent years in this field.A comprehensive understanding of the characteristics and related factors of executive function impairment in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders in recent years can provide a reference for early intervention in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders.