Treatments For Separation Anxiety Disorder
Health Encyclopedia: Anxiety Disorders Introduction
- Anxiety Disorders - Introduction
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Introduction
Fear and stress reactions are essential for human survival. They enable people to pursue important goals and to respond appropriately to danger. In a healthy individual, the stress response (fight, fright, or flight) is provoked by a genuine threat or challenge and is used as a spur for appropriate action.
An anxiety disorder, however, involves an excessive or inappropriate state of arousal characterized by feelings of apprehension, uncertainty, or fear. The word is derived from the L...
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Separation Anxiety
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert...alone days or weeks. These could well be signs of separation anxiety. Very young children... Read more »
Managing School Anxiety
By Jerilyn Ross, M.A., L.I.C.S.W. , Health Expert...nausea, or diarrhea. But tantrums, inflexibility, separation anxiety, avoidance, defiance may... Read more »
Phobias in Children
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...childhood development. As toddlers, children experience separation anxiety. Many children use a... Read more »
Managing Your Child's Refusal to Go to School
By Jerilyn Ross, M.A., L.I.C.S.W. , Health Expert...diarrhea. But occasionally children will have tantrums, separation anxiety, and defiance, too.... Read more »
Back to School Blues: Symptoms of Depression in College Students
By Deborah Gray , Health ExpertSleeping all day, skipping class, binge drinking – they’re hallmarks of the college experience... Read more »
Health Guide
Separation Anxiety
...tantrums. This is a normal part of development and shows that a child and parent have a strong bond. Separation anxiety normally begins around the age of 7-8 months, when a baby discovers a... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Risk Factors
...own, and fewer self-restrictions on reporting anxiety to doctors.Age. In general, phobias, OCD and separation anxiety show up early in childhood, while social phobia and panic disorder are often... Read more »Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Other Disorders Associated with ADHD
Other Disorders Associated with ADHDSeveral disorders may mimic or accompany attention-deficit disorder. ADHD exists alone in only about one-third of children. Many professionals object to the use of... Read more »Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Treatment
A combination of a psychostimulant, most commonly methylphenidate (Ritalin), and cognitive-behavioral therapy is proving to be the best option for treatment of children with ADHD.In 1999, a... Read more »Alcoholism: Risk Factors
About 90% of adults in the U.S. drink alcohol. Every day, more than 700,000 Americans are being treated for alcoholism. In addition, up to half of American men have problems that are... Read more »Images
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