01711nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002200118653002500140653001500165653001600180653002000196100001900216700001900235700002000254700002200274245005200296300001100348490000600359520107600365022001401441020001401455       1996                            d  c07/1996bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aanxiety disorders10aChildren-Adolescents10aPrevalence10acomorbidity10aComunity Sample1 aCarmen Bragado1 aInés Carrasco1 aMª L. Sánchez1 aRosa Mª Bersabé00aAnxiety disorders in 6 to 17 years old scholars  a97-1110 v23 aThis paper examines the prevalence, comorbidity and developmental patterns of anxiety disorders in a sample of 243 elementary and high school students, aged 6 to 17 years. Subjects were diagnosed with a questionnaire (parent, child and adolescent form) adapted from the Spanish version of the DICA-R. The overall prevalence rate was 13.6%-18.5% (based on parents and children reports). Children informed about more disorders than their parents. A low degree of agreement at the diagnostic level was observed between each other. The most prevalent disorder was simple phobia and the lowest one the avoidant disorder. Separation anxiety disorder was more frequently diagnosed in prepuberal children (mean age: 10) in contrast to overanxious disorder which was more prevalent between puberal children and adolescents (mean age: 14.1). The compulsive acts and posttraumatic stress disorder are not reported by any source of information. Comorbidity patterns were found among anxiety disorders and among anxiety-depressive, anxietybehavioral and anxiety-elimination disorders.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437