Childhood separation anxiety and separation events in women with agoraphobia with or without panic disorder.
Can J Psychiatry
; 50(14): 941-4, 2005 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-16494264
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study aimed to investigate the association between separation anxiety and actual separation events during childhood in adult patients with agoraphobia with or without panic disorder (PD).METHOD:
Forty-two women with agoraphobia with or without PD participated in long-term follow-ups after exposure-in-vivo treatment. We assessed separation anxiety and separation events from age 0 to 18 years, as well as adult separation from a spouse.RESULTS:
Childhood separation experiences (55%) and separation anxiety were significantly higher in patients than in healthy subjects, but both conditions were not associated with each other. Childhood separation anxiety was related to adult separation events.CONCLUSIONS:
Retrospective measures of childhood separation anxiety appear to be confounded by adult separation events. Thus the conclusion of whether childhood anxiety is a consequence of actual childhood separation events cannot be drawn, owing to a lacking association between both ratings.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ansiedade de Separação
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Transtorno de Pânico
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Agorafobia
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Acontecimentos que Mudam a Vida
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Can J Psychiatry
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Alemanha