It is an exciting time for clinicians and researchers who specialize in childhood anxiety disorders. Since the last coverage of this topic in 2005, significant advances have been made in both understanding the neurobiology of childhood anxiety and developing effective treatments for childhood anxiety. This issue is organized into three sections that cover a wide range of topics illustrating how far the field has progressed. In addition, each article highlights the areas in childhood anxiety that still require attention. Each of the articles reminds us how important it is to learn what causes pathological anxiety, how to identify it, and how to treat it effectively in order to prevent long-term adverse outcomes for children. The first section focuses on the developmental epidemiology and the neurobiology of pediatric anxiety disorders to address the important issue of "What causes childhood anxiety?" The section begins with a review of the developmental epidemiology of childhood anxiety by Beeso and Knappe.
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