Editing Anxiety disorder (section)

==Prevention==
Focus is increasing on the prevention of anxiety disorders.<ref name=Bien2007>{{cite journal | vauthors = Bienvenu OJ, Ginsburg GS | title = Prevention of anxiety disorders | journal = International Review of Psychiatry | volume = 19 | issue = 6 | pages = 647–654 | date = December 2007 | pmid = 18092242 | doi = 10.1080/09540260701797837 | publication-place = Abingdon, England }}</ref> There is tentative evidence to support the use of [[cognitive behavioral therapy]]<ref name=Bien2007/> and [[mindfulness]] therapy.<ref name= Khoury>{{cite journal | vauthors = Khoury B, Lecomte T, Fortin G, Masse M, Therien P, Bouchard V, Chapleau MA, Paquin K, Hofmann SG | title = Mindfulness-based therapy: a comprehensive meta-analysis | journal = Clinical Psychology Review | volume = 33 | issue = 6 | pages = 763–771 | date = August 2013 | pmid = 23796855 | doi = 10.1016/j.cpr.2013.05.005 }}</ref><ref name=Sharma>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sharma M, Rush SE | title = Mindfulness-based stress reduction as a stress management intervention for healthy individuals: a systematic review | journal = Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine | volume = 19 | issue = 4 | pages = 271–286 | date = October 2014 | pmid = 25053754 | doi = 10.1177/2156587214543143 | doi-access = free }}</ref> A 2013 review found no effective measures to prevent GAD in adults.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Patel G, Fancher TL | title = In the clinic. Generalized anxiety disorder | journal = Annals of Internal Medicine | volume = 159 | issue = 11 | pages = ITC6–1, ITC6–2, ITC6-3, ITC6-4, ITC6-5, ITC6-6, ITC6-7, ITC6-8, ITC6-9, ITC6-10, ITC6-11; quiz ITC6-12 | date = December 2013 | pmid = 24297210 | doi = 10.7326/0003-4819-159-11-201312030-01006 }}</ref> A 2017 review found that psychological and educational interventions had a small benefit for the prevention of anxiety.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Moreno-Peral P, Conejo-Cerón S, Rubio-Valera M, Fernández A, Navas-Campaña D, Rodríguez-Morejón A, Motrico E, Rigabert A, Luna JD, Martín-Pérez C, Rodríguez-Bayón A, Ballesta-Rodríguez MI, Luciano JV, Bellón JÁ | title = Effectiveness of Psychological and/or Educational Interventions in the Prevention of Anxiety: A Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Meta-regression | journal = JAMA Psychiatry | volume = 74 | issue = 10 | pages = 1021–1029 | date = October 2017 | pmid = 28877316 | pmc = 5710546 | doi = 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.2509 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-813495-5.00008-5 |chapter=Targeting anxiety sensitivity as a prevention strategy |title=The Clinician's Guide to Anxiety Sensitivity Treatment and Assessment |year=2019 | vauthors = Schmidt NB, Allan NP, Knapp AA, Capron D |pages=145–178 |isbn=978-0-12-813495-5 }}</ref> Research indicates that predictors of the emergence of anxiety disorders partly differ from the factors that predict their persistence.<ref name="Lancet2021">{{cite journal | vauthors = Hovenkamp-Hermelink JH, Jeronimus BF, Myroniuk S, Riese H, Schoevers RA | title = Predictors of persistence of anxiety disorders across the lifespan: a systematic review | journal = The Lancet. Psychiatry | volume = 8 | issue = 5 | pages = 428–443 | date = May 2021 | pmid = 33581052 | doi = 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30433-8 | url = https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/177228875/Predictors_of_persistence_of_anxiety_disorders_across_the_lifespan_a_systematic_review.pdf }}</ref>

A big factor that goes into anxiety disorder prevention starts in childhood. Based on the cited article, parents have a big part in whether or not their child will develop anxiety in their future. Specific interventions have been tested to educate parents with young children on how to care and prevent a disorder like anxiety from becoming a bigger issue in their child’s teen to adult life. The study also shared that since it is such a new intervention that there is not much information on long term results, however it does seem to be looking in a positive direction.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lal |first1=Anita |last2=Le |first2=Long Khanh-Dao |last3=Engel |first3=Lidia |last4=Lee |first4=Yong Yi |last5=Mihalopoulos |first5=Cathrine |title=Modelled cost-effectiveness of a parent education program for the prevention of anxiety in children |journal=Mental Health & Prevention |date=December 2021 |volume=24 |pages=200219 |doi=10.1016/j.mhp.2021.200219 }}</ref>