scholarly journals Intensive Treatments for Separation Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents

2014 ◽  
Vol a1 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelia Mohr ◽  
Silvia Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Separation Anxiety Disorder

scholarly journals The multidimensional evaluation and treatment of anxiety in children and adolescents: rationale, design, methods and preliminary findings

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Abrahão Salum ◽  
Luciano Rassier Isolan ◽  
Vera Lúcia Bosa ◽  
Andrea Goya Tocchetto ◽  
Stefania Pigatto Teche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Treatment Phase ◽  
Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Separation Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
Community Screening ◽  
Multidimensional Evaluation

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to describe the design, methods and sample characteristics of the Multidimensional Evaluation and Treatment of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents - the PROTAIA Project. METHOD: Students between 10 and 17 years old from all six schools belonging to the catchment area of the Primary Care Unit of Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre were included in the project. It comprises five phases: (1) a community screening phase; (2) a psychiatric diagnostic phase; (3) a multidimensional assessment phase evaluating environmental, neuropsychological, nutritional, and biological factors; (4) a treatment phase, and (5) a translational phase. RESULTS: A total of 2,457 subjects from the community were screened for anxiety disorders. From those who attended the diagnostic interview, we identified 138 individuals with at least one anxiety disorder (apart from specific phobia) and 102 individuals without any anxiety disorder. Among the anxiety cases, generalized anxiety disorder (n = 95; 68.8%), social anxiety disorder (n = 57; 41.3%) and separation anxiety disorder (n = 49; 35.5%) were the most frequent disorders. CONCLUSION: The PROTAIA Project is a promising research project that can contribute to the knowledge of the relationship between anxiety disorders and anxiety-related phenotypes with several genetic and environmental risk factors.

scholarly journals Phenomenology and Comorbidity of Dysthymic Disorder in 100 Consecutively Referred Children and Adolescents: Beyond DSM-IV

2003 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Masi ◽  
Stefania Millepiedi ◽  
Maria Mucci ◽  
Rosa Rita Pascale ◽  
Giulio Perugi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Clinical Picture ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Externalizing Disorders ◽  
Separation Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Dysthymic Disorder ◽  
Consecutive Series ◽  
Dsm Iv

Objective: Diagnostic criteria and nosological boundaries of juvenile dysthymic disorder (DD) are underresearched. Two different sets of diagnostic criteria are still discussed in the DSM-IV, the first giving major weight to somatic and vegetative symptoms and the second, included in the appendix, to more affective and cognitive symptoms. The aim of this study was to describe prototypical symptomatology and comorbidity of DD, according to DSM-IV criteria, in a consecutive series of referred children and adolescents, as a function of age and sex. Method: One hundred inpatients and outpatients (36 children and 64 adolescents, 57 males, 43 females, age range 7 to 18 years, mean age 13.3 years) received a diagnosis of DD without comorbid major depressive disorder (MDD), using historical information, the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents-Revised (DICA-R), and symptoms ratings according to the DSM-IV criteria. Results: Irritability, low self-esteem, fatigue or loss of energy, depressed mood, guilt, concentration difficulties, anhedonia, and hopelessness were present in more than 50% of subjects. Differences in symptomatic profile between male and female patients were not significant. Anxiety disorders were commonly comorbid with DD, mainly generalized anxiety disorder, simple phobias, and in prepuberal children, separation anxiety disorder. Externalizing disorders were reported in 35% of the patients, with higher prevalence in male patients. Adolescents showed more suicidal thoughts and anhedonia than children. Conclusions: The clinical picture of early-onset DD we found, based entirely on a pure sample without current and past MDD, is not totally congruent with the diagnostic criteria according to DSM-IV. A more precise definition of the clinical picture may help early diagnosis and prevention of superimposed mental disorders.

Prevalence, Comorbidity and Predictor of Separation Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 1415-1429
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Mohammadi ◽  
Rahim Badrfam ◽  
Ali Khaleghi ◽  
Zahra Hooshyari ◽  
Nastaran Ahmadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Separation Anxiety Disorder

Psychopathology among parents of children and adolescents with separation anxiety disorder

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Sackl-Pammer ◽  
C. Popow ◽  
B. Schuch ◽  
M. Aigner ◽  
M. Friedrich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Separation Anxiety Disorder

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Worry and Dimensions of Anxiety Symptoms in Children and Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Rabner ◽  
Nicholas D. Mian ◽  
David A. Langer ◽  
Jonathan S. Comer ◽  
Donna Pincus
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Child Anxiety ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Separation Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Older Children ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Worry is a common feature across many anxiety disorders. It is important to understand how and when worry presents from childhood to adolescence to prevent long-term negative outcomes. However, most of the existing studies that examine the relationship between worry and anxiety disorders utilize adult samples. Aims: The present study aimed to assess the level of worry in children and adolescents and how relationships between worry and symptoms of separation anxiety disorder (SAD) and social anxiety disorder (Soc) may present differently at different ages. Method: 127 children (age 8–12 years) and adolescents (age 13–18 years), diagnosed with any anxiety disorder, presenting at a child anxiety out-patient clinic, completed measures of worry, anxiety and depression. Results: Worry scores did not differ by age group. Soc symptoms were significantly correlated with worry in both age groups; however, SAD symptoms were only significantly correlated with worry in younger participants. After the inclusion of covariates, SAD symptoms but not Soc symptoms remained significant in the regression model with younger children, and Soc symptoms remained significant in the regression model with older children. Conclusions: The finding that worry was comparable in both groups lends support for worry as a stable construct associated with anxiety disorders throughout late childhood and early adolescence.

Separation Anxiety Disorder and School Refusal in Children and Adolescents

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Gregory L. Hanna ◽  
Daniel J. Fischer ◽  
Thomas E. Fluent
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Separation Anxiety Disorder ◽  
School Refusal

Separation Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents

CNS Drugs ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Masi ◽  
Maria Mucci ◽  
Stefania Millepiedi
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Separation Anxiety Disorder

scholarly journals Potential Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children and Adolescents with Separation Anxiety Disorder

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malgorzata Dabkowska ◽  
Agnieszka Dabkowska-Mika
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Separation Anxiety ◽  
Parental Attitudes ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Separation Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Personal Contact ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Sense Of Security

Children with separation anxiety disorder (SAD) experience unrealistic fear of being separated from their significant caregivers (mostly parents). The occurrence of pathological separation anxiety is determined by many factors: parental attitudes, their mental and physical health, but also the way of perceiving the environment, traumatic events in the child’s family and life, as well as genetic and individual effects. Pandemic situation and related isolation caused change in the current lifestyle. Both psychological (i.e. the novelty of the social situation, negative information in the mass media, fear of their own live and their loved ones) and daily-life routine disturbances (i.e. the closure of schools and restrictions of contacts with peers, limited contacts with distant family members, remote work of parents) generate difficulties for children and can contribute anxiety among children with SAD. Paradoxically, despite the fact that children and adolescents are at home, the COVID-19 pandemic may intensify SAD, exacerbating factors underlying separation anxiety. It turns out that family social isolation can escalate conflicts. This, in turn, adversely affects relationships between family members and can reduce children’s sense of security. Due to pandemic problematic access to specialized health care, especially personal contact with a psychotherapist, children with SAD suffer from insufficient professional help.

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