Separation Anxiety Disorder Overview

Adults with the disorder are likely to text or phone their major ______ figures throughout the day.

Reports from children tend to yield higher rates of separation anxiety disorder than ______ reports of the child’s symptoms.

In adolescents in the United States, the 12-month prevalence is ______ %

Separation anxiety disorder decreases in prevalence from childhood through ______ and adulthood.

The mean 12-month prevalence in adults across 18 countries is ______ %

The onset of separation anxiety disorder may occur at any time during ______ and in adolescence.

Most adults report a ______ course of the disorder over their lifetime.

Periods of heightened separation anxiety from attachment figures are part of normal early ______.

Separation anxiety disorder also appears to aggregate in ______.

Cultural variations exist in the degree to which it is considered desirable to tolerate ______.

Youth from ______ countries report higher symptoms of separation anxiety compared to U.S. youth.

Separation anxiety disorder in children may be associated with an increased risk for ______.

Individuals with separation anxiety disorder often limit independent activities away from ______.

Adults with separation anxiety disorder may reorganize their work schedules because of anxieties about possible ______.

Separation anxiety disorder is associated with greater reported impairment in individuals from high- and upper-middle-income ______.

When diagnosing specific phobia in children, it is important to consider their ability to understand the concept of ______.

In adolescents, symptoms may include not going away to ______.

Excessive fears in young children are usually considered ______ appropriate.

In older populations, individuals may be more likely to endorse phobias related to the natural ______.

Specific phobia tends to co-occur with medical concerns like coronary heart disease and ______.

Older individuals may manifest anxiety in an atypical manner, possibly involving symptoms of both anxiety and ______.

The presence of specific phobia in older adults is associated with decreased quality of ______.

Risk factors for specific phobia include traits like negative affectivity and behavioral ______.

Phobias can develop at any age, often as a result of experiences that are ______.

Separation anxiety disorder predominantly concerns real or imagined separation from ______.

Unlike individuals with agoraphobia, those with separation anxiety disorder are not anxious about being ______.

The panic attacks in separation anxiety disorder occur in anticipation of real or imagined separations from ______.

School avoidance in conduct disorder is not due to anxiety about ______.

In cases of social anxiety disorder, school avoidance is due to fear of being ______ negatively by others.

Fear of separation from loved ones is common after a traumatic event, particularly when periods of separation are experienced during the ______.

In posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the central symptoms concern intrusions about, and avoidance of, memories associated with the ______ event itself.

Separation anxiety disorder concerns worries about the health and ______ of close attachments.

Individuals with both daytime and nocturnal panic attacks tend to have more severe panic disorder overall due to worries about their ______.

Common physical concerns include the fear that panic attacks reflect the presence of life-threatening illnesses, such as ______ disease.

Avoiding physical exertion and reorganizing daily life are examples of maladaptive changes made to ______ panic attacks.

Individuals with panic disorder often anticipate a catastrophic outcome from a mild physical ______.

The 12-month prevalence estimate for panic disorder across the United States is about ______% in adults and adolescents.

Panic disorder is often accompanied by excessive use of ______ to control symptoms.

Individuals with panic disorder may have pervasive concerns about their ability to complete daily ______.

The global lifetime prevalence of panic disorder is estimated at ______%.