WHEN 10-year-old Justin couldn't bring himself to get out of bed and go to school, his father assumed he had a virus.
Complaining of stomach aches, unable to eat and becoming very grey around the face each morning, the last thing Justin's parents expected was that he was suffering from a form of anxiety, medically known as school refusal.
''We were seriously worried he had a physical problem we couldn't find like cancer or something,'' Justin's father, who didn't want to be identified, says.
''He was seeing paediatricians, stomach specialists and they couldn't find a problem. We even went to a naturopath who did reiki and went into a trance.''
Eventually Justin's care team confirmed he was suffering from school refusal, an anxiety condition that affects 1 to 2 per cent of children.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/anxiety-in-school-children-cannot-be-ignored-20120226-1tw8f.html
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