A self-report questionnaire for measuring separation anxiety in adulthood

Manicavasagar, Vijaya; Silove, Derrick; Wagner, Renate; Drobny, Juliette

doi:10.1053/comp.2003.50024

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“…Finally, we did not collect data on the presence of adult SAD as proposed by Manicavasagar et al 47,48 These investigators have suggested a possible continuity between child SAD and adult SAD. If future researchers are able to assess this question in a prospective design that assessed SAD symptoms beyond adolescence, our understanding of Manicavasagar and colleagues' proposal would be enhanced.…”

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Separation Anxiety Disorder in Childhood as a Risk Factor for Future Mental Illness

Lewinsohn

Holm‐Denoma

Small

et al. 2008

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psych

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Objective-To ascertain the extent to which childhood separation anxiety disorder (SAD) confers risk for the development of psychopathology during young adulthood (ages 19-30).Method-A subset of the participants of the Oregon adolescent depression project (n = 816) was used. Subjects provided retrospective reports of lifetime mental illness (including SAD) and concurrent reports of current mental illness at age 16, and were then followed prospectively until age 30. Diagnostic assessments were conducted twice during adolescence, and again at ages 24 and 30. Based on diagnosis during childhood/adolescence, the subjects were partitioned into four orthogonal groups: SAD (n = 42), other anxiety disorders (n = 88), a heterogeneous psychiatric disorders control group (n = 389), and a not mentally ill control group (n = 297). Adjusting for demographic variables that were significantly associated with group status and for comorbid disorders prior to age 19, the results were analyzed with hierarchical multiple logistic regression.Results-SAD was a strong (78.6%) risk factor for the development of mental disorders during young adulthood. The major vulnerabilities were for panic disorder and depression.Conclusions-Because SAD creates a major vulnerability for mental disorders during young adulthood, clinicians should be sensitive to the presence of SAD, and children and adolescents with SAD should be provided with treatment. Future research should evaluate whether successful treatment for SAD and/or the provision of a preventative intervention during childhood/adolescence reduce the risk for future psychopathology.

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confidence: 96%

Separation Anxiety Disorder in Childhood as a Risk Factor for Future Mental Illness

Lewinsohn

Holm‐Denoma

Small

et al. 2008

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psych

151

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“…The Adult Separation Anxiety-Structured Interview (Manicavasagar et al, 1997), a 27-item, clinician-administered measure assessing the presence of adult separation anxiety disorder over the previous 3 months, has shown close agreement with an identically worded self-report questionnaire, yielding an area under the curve index of 0.9 (Manicavasagar, Silove, Wagner, & Drobny, 2003). A putative categorical diagnosis of adult separation anxiety disorder is based on an algorithm that is identical to that used to diagnose childhood separation anxiety disorder, with the exception that onset of adult separation anxiety disorder can occur after 18 years (full details in Silove et al, 2007).…”

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Adult separation anxiety disorder among war‐affected Bosnian refugees: Comorbidity with PTSD and associations with dimensions of trauma

Silove

Momartin

Marnane

et al. 2010

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Although separation anxiety disorder appears to be common among children exposed to disasters, there are no data focusing on the impact of trauma on adult separation anxiety disorder. The present exploratory study examined the relationship of adult separation anxiety disorder with other psychological reactions (posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], complicated grief, depression) and dimensions of trauma among 126 war-affected Bosnian refugees resettled in Australia. Adult separation anxiety disorder was associated with PTSD, but not with complicated grief or depression. Although adult separation anxiety disorder was weakly linked with traumatic losses, this association was nonspecific. Further research is needed to clarify the pathogenic pathways leading to the comorbid PTSD-adult separation anxiety disorder pattern and its clinical implications.

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“…Severity of PD was evaluated by the Panic Disorder Severity Scale (Shear et al 2001). Each individual was also evaluated by two scales for separation anxiety: (1) the Structured Clinical Interview for Separation Anxiety Symptoms (SCI-SAS) which comprises a childhood section (SCI-SAS-C) and an adulthood section (SCI-SAS-A), respectively (Cyranowski et al 2002); and (2) the Adult Separation Anxiety Checklist (ASA-27) (Manicavasagar et al 2003). The presence or absence of DSM-IV defined SA disorder and the extent of SA symptoms reported during childhood and adulthood were determined retrospectively using the SCI-SAS interview.…”

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“…Although it is still a matter of debate whether PD and SA are associated or causally linked conditions, this latter condition has been included by some investigators in a panic-agoraphobic spectrum as a dimension that could better characterize a more specific PD subtype (Cassano et al 1997;Shear et al 2002). Alternatively, a number of studies have suggested that adult separation anxiety disorder (ASAD) may represent a discrete diagnostic entity worthy of clinical attention (Fagiolini et al 1998;Manicavasagar et al 2003).…”

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Peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor binding sites in platelets of patients with panic disorder associated to separation anxiety symptoms

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A self-report questionnaire for measuring separation anxiety in adulthood

Cited by 196 publications

References 24 publications

Separation Anxiety Disorder in Childhood as a Risk Factor for Future Mental Illness

Separation Anxiety Disorder in Childhood as a Risk Factor for Future Mental Illness

Adult separation anxiety disorder among war‐affected Bosnian refugees: Comorbidity with PTSD and associations with dimensions of trauma

Peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor binding sites in platelets of patients with panic disorder associated to separation anxiety symptoms

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