Spanish 
Chinese 
Russian 
German 
French 
Japanese 
Portuguese 
Hindi Commentary
Teens Who Don’t Go to School
Henry Berman*
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, 4540 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105, WA USA
- *Corresponding Author:
- Henry Berman
Department of Pediatrics
University of Washington School of Medicine
4540 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105
WA USA
Tel: 011-206-987-2028
E-mail: henry.berman@seattlechildrens.org
Received Date: April 20, 2015; Accepted Date: June 16, 2015; Published Date: June 23, 2015
Citation: Berman H (2015) Teens Who Don’t Go to School. J Child Adolesc Behav 3:215. doi:10.4172/2375-4494.1000215
Copyright: © 2015 Berman H. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Studies show that middle-school students who fail to attend school regularly are at risk for not graduating from high school. Of those who miss an average of one day a week, only 17% will graduate. This, in turn, has serious consequences that last a lifetime. School absence has generally been seen as a “school” problem, to be worked on by educators, school counselors, etc. What is not generally recognized is the extent to which the underlying cause of school absence is very often clinical-primarily anxiety disorders. This study describes the medical symptoms secondary to anxiety and the standard approach for evaluating the patient. It then proposes a way to identify when the underlying cause of the symptoms is likely anxiety. The earlier the cause can be identified and treated, the more likely it is for the teen to return to school.
