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According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), separation anxiety disorder is an excessive display of fear and distress when faced with situations of separation from the home and/or from a specific attachment figure. The anxiety that is expressed is categorized as being atypical of the expected developmental level and age. [3]
Attachment and attachment disorder. Attachment theory is primarily an evolutionary and ethological theory. In relation to infants, it primarily consists of proximity seeking to an attachment figure in the face of threat, for the purpose of survival. [ 2 ] Although an attachment is a "tie", it is not synonymous with love and affection, despite ...
Separation anxiety is a normal part of development in babies or children, and it is only when this feeling is excessive or inappropriate that it can be considered a disorder. [36] Separation anxiety disorder affects roughly 7% of adults and 4% of children, but childhood cases tend to be more severe; in some instances, even a brief separation ...
When we experience a threat or disconnect within a primary attachment, it triggers a fear response referred to as separation stress or separation anxiety. [14] Separation stress has been the subject of extensive research in psychological [15] and neurobiological [16] fields, and has been shown to be a universal response to separation in the ...
Coping Cat. The Coping Cat program is a CBT manual-based and comprehensive treatment program for children from 7 to 13 years old with separation anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and/or related anxiety disorders. [1] It was designed by Philip C. Kendall, PhD, ABPP, and colleagues at the Child and ...
Reactive attachment disorder. Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is described in clinical literature as a severe disorder that can affect children, although these issues do occasionally persist into adulthood. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] RAD is characterized by markedly disturbed and developmentally inappropriate ways of relating socially in most contexts.
Dogs suffering from separation anxiety are often "owner addicts." While treatment and management options are available for dogs suffering from separation anxiety, there is no instant cure. However, the disorder can dissipate on its own if the trigger stimulus is removed from its environment or the trigger stimulus is desensitized over a period.
Included only in the DSM-IV. 294.10. Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type, with late onset, without behavioral disturbance. Included only in the DSM-IV-TR. 301.6. Dependent personality disorder. 300.6. Depersonalization disorder. 311.