Ideas in this flowchart

• Mental Health in Preschool Children
• Research Findings
• 48% of children aged 3-5 have mental health disorder
• Monash University Study
• 42% suffer from anxiety
• Issues: Defiance, Panic Attacks, Phobias, Depression
• Interpretation Caution
• Risk of pathologizing normal behavior
• Influence of Current World News
• Increased sense of danger or anxiety
• Changes in Childhood Environment
• Past: Childhood was more protected
• Present: Exposure to adult anxieties
• Children's Fear
• Clinic observations in Sydney