Editing Anxiety disorder (section)

===Separation anxiety disorder===
{{Main|Separation anxiety disorder}}
[[Separation anxiety disorder]] (SepAD) is the feeling of excessive and inappropriate levels of anxiety over being separated from a person or place. Separation anxiety is a normal part of development in babies or children, and it is only when this feeling is excessive or inappropriate that it can be considered a disorder.<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Siegler RS |title=How Children Develop, Exploring Child Develop |date=2006 |publisher=Worth Pub |isbn=978-0-7167-6113-6 }}{{page needed|date=July 2023}}</ref> Separation anxiety disorder affects roughly 7% of adults and 4% of children, but childhood cases tend to be more severe; in some instances, even a brief separation can produce panic.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Arehart-Treichel J |title=Adult Separation Anxiety Often Overlooked Diagnosis |journal=Psychiatric News |date=7 July 2006 |volume=41 |issue=13 |pages=30 |doi=10.1176/pn.41.13.0030 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Shear K, Jin R, Ruscio AM, Walters EE, Kessler RC | title = Prevalence and correlates of estimated DSM-IV child and adult separation anxiety disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication | journal = The American Journal of Psychiatry | volume = 163 | issue = 6 | pages = 1074–1083 | date = June 2006 | pmid = 16741209 | pmc = 1924723 | doi = 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.6.1074 }}</ref> Treating a child earlier may prevent problems. This may include training the parents and family on how to deal with it.<!-- <ref name=Moh2014/> --> Often, the parents will reinforce the anxiety because they do not know how to properly work through it with the child.<!-- <ref name=Moh2014/> --> In addition to parent training and family therapy, medication, such as [[Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor|SSRIs]], can be used to treat separation anxiety.<ref name=Moh2014>{{cite journal | vauthors = Mohatt J, Bennett SM, Walkup JT | title = Treatment of separation, generalized, and social anxiety disorders in youths | journal = The American Journal of Psychiatry | volume = 171 | issue = 7 | pages = 741–748 | date = July 2014 | pmid = 24874020 | doi = 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13101337 }}</ref>