Understanding and Managing Problematic Anxiety in Children and Adolescents/Free Webinar with Dr. Wendy Silverman

Dr. Wendy Silverman is the Alfred A. Messer Professor of Child Psychiatry, Professor of Psychology, and Director of the Anxiety and Mood Disorders Program and the Child Study Center at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Silverman’s work focuses on factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of anxiety and mood disorders in children and testing assessment measures and treatments. She will present “Understanding and Managing Problematic Anxiety in Children and Adolescents”. Her lecture will provide an overview of the core clinical features of anxiety and its disorders in children and adolescents, followed by evidence-based insights to help parents, educators, and youth themselves manage problematic youth anxiety. These insights will be coupled with key treatment management questions that remain unanswered and serve as a future research agenda to pave the way toward improving the harmful impact and outcomes associated with problematic anxiety in young people. Dr. Silverman has received a NIMH mid-career research-mentoring award, continues to help children and families with problematic anxiety, and supervises the next generation of mental health professionals.

Dr. Silverman’s free webinar is funded by generous grants from Tri-Valley Nonprofit Fund and a City of Pleasanton Community Youth Grant. The Mental Health Association for Chinese Communities will provide simultaneous Chinese interpretation. It will be held on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at 5:00 – 6:00 pm PDT via Zoom. Participants may join beginning at 4:45 pm PDT. Please RSVP at: https://alanhufoundation.org/ to receive the Zoom meeting link. Her lecture will include 15 minutes for questions and answers following the presentation.