Adult Separation Anxiety: Beyond Childhood Fears
Defining Adulthood Separation Anxiety Adulthood Separation Anxiety (ASA) is characterized by excessive and developmentally inappropriate fear or anxiety concerning separation from major attachment figures, typically spouses, children, or sometimes elderly parents, leading to clinically significant distress and functional impairment. While historically confined to pediatric diagnostics, the inclusion of Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD) in the Diagnostic […]