Separation anxiety disorder is a young person's disorder and can be compared to the adult "version" of a panic disorder with agoraphobia, phobic avoidance, catastrophic interpretations and panic symptoms. Separation anxiety is a normal developmental milestone, which "appears at the age of 6 to 8 months, peaks at 10 to 18 months and subsides by 2 to 3 years old." (Ehrenreich, Santucci, & Weiner;, 2008) Along with object permanence, the child builds normal separation response levels by the age of 3 (Ehrenreich, Santucci, & Weiner;, 2008). Abnormal separation anxiety, also known ...

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