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- Title
Separation anxiety and actual separation experiences during childhood in patients with panic disorder.
- Authors
Bandelow, Borwin; Tichauer, Gabriel Álvarez; Späth, Corinna; Broocks, Andreas; Hajak, Göran; Bleich, Stefan; Rüther, Eckart; Bandelow, B; Alvarez Tichauer, G; Späth, C; Broocks, A; Hajak, G; Bleich, S; Rüther, E
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>The association between separation anxiety in childhood and actual separation experiences during childhood has not yet been investigated in patients with panic disorder.<bold>Methods: </bold>In 115 patients with panic disorder with or without agoraphobia and in 124 control subjects without a history of psychiatric illness, we assessed separation anxiety during childhood, retrospectively, using DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria and the Separation Anxiety Symptom Inventory (SASI). In addition, actual separation experiences from age 0 to 15 years were assessed, retrospectively.<bold>Results: </bold>A total of 22.6% of the patients and 4.8% of the control subjects fulfilled both DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria for childhood separation anxiety (chi 2 = 11.8; P < 0.0001). Further, 57.4% of the patients and 37.9% of the control subjects reported actual separation experiences during their childhood (chi 2 = 9.09, P < 0.003). Separation anxiety and actual separation experiences, however, were independent of each other.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>These results suggest that separation anxiety during childhood is not a consequence of actual traumatic separation experiences in panic disorder patients.
- Subjects
GERMANY; SEPARATION anxiety in children; PANIC disorders; OBSESSIVE-compulsive disorder; DIAGNOSIS of agoraphobia; PANIC disorder diagnosis; AGORAPHOBIA; LIFE change events; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; FAMILY relations; SEPARATION anxiety; RETROSPECTIVE studies; PSYCHOLOGICAL factors; PSYCHOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2001, Vol 46, Issue 10, p948
- ISSN
0706-7437
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/070674370104601007