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Children, like adults, can suffer from mood disruptions such as anxiety and depression that impair their ability to successfully function in daily life. Although most children display developmentally appropriate worries about separation or the dark or expected sadness over a move or the death of a loved one, some children experience symptoms that exceed this typical presentation and may be suggestive of a diagnosable anxiety or depressive disorder. The mood disorders discussed in this chapter are those seen most frequently by clinicians and have empirically supported treatments in the published literature. They include separation anxiety disorder (SAD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social phobia (SOP), specific phobia (SP), and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). We also discuss unipolar depression, panic disorder, acute distress disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, and depressive disorders related to substances or medical conditions are not addressed. We chose to discuss anxiety disorders and depression together because there are a number of common elements in the assessment and treatment of both anxiety and depression. We do not mean to imply that the etiology is the same or that the two disorders can be treated using an identical approach, only that they have a number of similarities primarily in terms of treatment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved)