Separation Anxiety
Katie Cox
Facts
- First develops at 7 months old
- 4-5% of children and adults suffer from separation anxiety disorder
- Symptoms: school refusal, resistance to go to bed, and school phobia
- likely caused by combination of genetic and environmental vulnerabilities
- can also be caused by mothers being stressed while pregnant
- 80% of children who refuse school have separation anxiety
- counseling is considered the best treatment like behavioral, cognitive, and individual psychotherapy
- Fluvoxamine is considered the best/ safest medicine to take
- children with separation anxiety are at higher risk to develop other mental health problems
- always concerned with getting lost, or being kidnapped
Charts and graphs
This graph shows what ages separation anxiety occurs as opposed to other mental health problems