Separation anxiety disorder Flashcards
Separation anxiety disorder - dx
A. Developmentally inappropriate and excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from those to whom the individual is attached, as evidenced by at least three of the following:
1. Recurrent excessive distress when anticipating or experiencing separation from home or from major attachment figures
2. Persistent and excessive worry about losing major attachment figures or about possible harm to them, e.g. illness, injury, disasters or death
3. Persistent and excessive worry about experiencing an untoward event (e.g. getting lost, being kidnapped, having an accident, becoming ill) that causes separation from a major attachment figure
4. Persistent reluctance or refusal to go out, away from home, to school, to work or elsewhere bc of fear of separation
5. Persistent and excessive fear or or reluctance about being alone or without major attachment figures at home or in other settings
6. Persistent reluctance or refusal to sleep away from home or to go to sleep without being near a major attachment figure
7. Repeated nightmares involving the theme of separation
8. Repeated complaints of physical symptoms (e.g. headaches, stomach aches, nausea, vomiting), when separation from major attachment figures occurs or is anticipated
B. The fear, anxiety or avoidance is persistent, lasting at least 4 weeks in children and adolescents and typically 6mo or more in adults
C. Causes clinically significant distress or functional impairment (e.g. social, academic or occupational)
D. Not better explained by another mental disorder, e.g. ASD, psychotic disorders (e.g. deulsions/hallucinations concerning separation), GAD
Separation anxiety disorder - mx
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