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| Separation Anxiety Disorder A. |
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Definition
| Developmentally inappropriate and excessive anxiety concerning separation from home or from those to whom the individual is attached, as evidenced by three (or more) of the following: |
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| Separation Anxiety Disorder A1 |
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Definition
| recurrent excessive distress when separation from home or major attachment figures occurs or is anticipated |
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| Separation Anxiety Disorder A2 |
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Definition
| persistent and excessive worry about losing, or about possible harm befalling, major attachment figures |
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| Separation Anxiety Disorder A3 |
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Definition
| persistent and excessive worry that an untoward event will lead to separation from a major attachment figure (e.g., getting lost or being kidnapped) |
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| Separation Anxiety Disorder A4 |
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Definition
| persistent reluctance or refusal to go to school or elsewhere because of fear of separation |
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| Separation Anxiety Disorder A5 |
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Definition
| persistently and excessively fearful or reluctant to be alone or without major attachment figures at home or without significant adults in other settings |
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| Separation Anxiety Disorder A6 |
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Definition
| persistent reluctance or refusal to go to sleep without being near a major attachment figure or to sleep away from home |
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| Separation Anxiety Disorder A7 |
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Definition
| repeated nightmares involving the theme of separation |
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| Separation Anxiety Disorder A8 |
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Definition
| repeated complaints of physical symptoms (such as headaches, stomachaches, nausea, or vomiting) when separation from major attachment figures occurs or is anticipated |
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Term
| Separation Anxiety Disorder BCDE |
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Definition
The duration of the disturbance is at least 4 weeks.
The onset is before age 18 years.
Impairment in social, academic (occupational), or other important areas of functioning.
The disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of a Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Schizophrenia, or other Psychotic Disorder and, in adolescents and adults, is not better accounted for by Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia.
Specify if Early Onset: if onset occurs before age 6 years |
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Definition
| Consistent failure to speak in specific social situations (in which there is an expectation for speaking, e.g., at school) despite speaking in other situations. |
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Definition
The disturbance interferes with educational or occupational achievement or with social communication.
The duration of the disturbance is at least 1 month (not limited to the first month of school). |
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Definition
The failure to speak is not due to a lack of knowledge of, or comfort with, the spoken language required in the social situation.
The disturbance is not better accounted for by a Communication Disorder (e.g., Stuttering) and does not occur exclusively during the course of a Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Schizophrenia, or other Psychotic Disorder. |
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Term
| Reactive Attachment Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood A |
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Definition
| A. Markedly disturbed and developmentally inappropriate social relatedness in most contexts, beginning before age 5 years, as evidenced by either (1) or (2): |
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Term
| Reactive Attachment Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood A1 |
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Definition
| persistent failure to initiate or respond in a developmentally appropriate fashion to most social interactions, as manifest by excessively inhibited, hypervigilant, or highly ambivalent and contradictory responses (e.g., the child may respond to caregivers with a mixture of approach, avoidance, and resistance to comforting, or may exhibit frozen watchfulness) |
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| Reactive Attachment Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood A2 |
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Definition
| diffuse attachments as manifest by indiscriminate sociability with marked inability to exhibit appropriate selective attachments (e.g., excessive familiarity with relative strangers or lack of selectivity in choice of attachment figures) |
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Term
| Reactive Attachment Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood B |
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Definition
| The disturbance in Criterion A is not accounted for solely by developmental delay (as in Mental Retardation) and does not meet criteria for a Pervasive Developmental Disorder. |
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Term
| Reactive Attachment Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood C1 |
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Definition
Pathogenic care as evidenced by at least one of the following:
persistent disregard of the child's basic emotional needs for comfort, stimulation, and affection |
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Term
| Reactive Attachment Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood C2 |
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Definition
| persistent disregard of the child's basic physical needs |
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| Reactive Attachment Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood C3 |
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Definition
| repeated changes of primary caregiver that prevent formation of stable attachments (e.g., frequent changes in foster care) |
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Term
| Reactive Attachment Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood D |
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Definition
| There is a presumption that the care in Criterion C is responsible for the disturbed behavior in Criterion A (e.g., the disturbances in Criterion A began following the pathogenic care in Criterion C). |
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Term
| Reactive Attachment Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood Types |
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Definition
Inhibited Type: if Criterion A1 predominates in the clinical presentation
Disinhibited Type: if Criterion A2 predominates in the clinical presentation |
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Term
| Stereotypic Movement Disorder A |
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Definition
| Repetitive, seemingly driven, and nonfunctional motor behavior (e.g., hand shaking or waving, body rocking, head banging, mouthing of objects, self-biting, hitting own body). |
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| Stereotypic Movement Disorder B |
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Definition
| The behavior markedly interferes with normal activities or results in self-inflicted bodily injury that requires medical treatment (or would result in an injury if preventive measures were not used). |
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| Stereotypic Movement Disorder C |
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Definition
| If Mental Retardation is present, the stereotypic or self-injurious behavior is of sufficient severity to become a focus of treatment. |
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| Stereotypic Movement Disorder D |
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Definition
| The behavior is not better accounted for by a compulsion (as in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), a tic (as in Tic Disorder), a stereotypy that is part of a Pervasive Developmental Disorder, or hair pulling (as in Trichotillomania). |
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Term
| Stereotypic Movement Disorder EF |
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Definition
The behavior is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition.
The behavior persists for 4 weeks or longer.
With Self-Injurious Behavior: if the behavior results in bodily damage that requires specific treatment (or that would result in bodily damage if protective measures were not used) |
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Term
| Separation Anxiety Disorder Class |
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Definition
Considered normal for the infant or toddler (usually peaks between 13 – 18 mos)
It is not the same thing as stranger anxiety.
. Occurs often when something traumatic happens. Doesn’t want to be away from a parent. Has fears and concerns about what is going on. Afraid that someone is going to die when they are gone. Fears associated with it.
Can begin as early as four months of age. But you have to have some clear evidence of it. |
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