Adult separation anxiety disorder: A disorder comes of age

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 290-297

  Manicavasagar, Vijaya ^a   Marnane, Claire ^a   Pini, Stefano ^b   Abelli, Marianna ^b   Rees, Susan ^a   Eapen, Valsa ^a   Silove, Derrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADULT; ADULT SEPARATION ANXIETY DISORDER; ADULT SEPARATION ANXIETY STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRIEF; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL DISABILITY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VOLUNTEER; WORK DISABILITY; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS;

ADULT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 77956393451     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-010-0131-9     Document Type: Review

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