A Study of Anxiety Disorders among Young Children and Adolescents aged 15-25 years of Ajmer City, Rajasthan (India)

Abstract: Anxiety disorders are becoming a serious issue and global health problem in India as well as other countries in young children and adolescents because of the changing life style and changing socio cultural factors. Anxiety is considered to be an emotion and is characterized by uncomfortable state and a negative feeling which may turn causes many health problems in young children and adolescents. Even though anxiety disorders are curable, but only 36.9 % of such patients approach experts and receive good treatment. The present study aims to study the prevalence of anxiety disorders in young children and adolescents.