Dr. Daniel Villiers, 860-992-2453, [email protected], www.mountainvalleytreatment.org, Founder and Director of Admissions of Mountain Valley Treatment Center in New Hampshire.

The discussion focused on the increase over the past decades in the percentage of adolescents suffering from anxiety, and especially the increase in the percentages of adolescents where their anxiety becomes a disorder needing treatment. Covered were how to tell when anxiety crossed the line to where the child needed professional treatment, some of the causes of increased adolescent anxiety in our society and methods used to treat anxiety.

This segment was sponsored by Spring Ridge Academy, 928-632-4602, www.springridgeacademy.com, a Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls in Arizona.