Aspectos neuropsicológicos dos transtornos de ansiedade na ...

anxiety disorder group when compared to the control group showed significantlylower performance in activities that measure attention, visual memory, verbalmemory and executive function. In relation to anxiety symptoms, as measured by the“Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children”, the group with anxiety disorders hadsignificantly higher scores than those observed among controls. Results from thepost-treatment evaluation suggest that, no matter which interventions have been used(either medications or placebo), performance on attentional, memory and executivesprocesses of the group of children with anxiety disorder improved. We, therefore,conclude that anxious symptomatology in children and adolescents with anxietydisorder interferes with the performance of cognitive functions.Words: 1. Anxiety disorders; 2. Child; 3. Adolescent; 4. Neuropsychology; 5. Reevaluation;6. Medication.