Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: The prevalence and correlates of adult separation anxiety disorder in an anxiety clinic | Silove et al. BMC Psychiatry 2010 10 21 http 1471-244X 10 21 BMC Psychiatry RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access The prevalence and correlates of adult separation anxiety disorder in an anxiety clinic rtdrriclz K l Qi I d 1 2m .ì i ro I Marn no2 A dd nor2 3 I . irii - . jC j r. r2 4 Cl ic .id Pcucnc1 2 IDerrick M Silove Claire L Maniane Renate Wagner VIJdyd L IVIdl licdvdsdydl Susan nets Abstract Background Adult separation anxiety disorder ASAD has been identified recently but there is d paucity of data about its prevalence and associated characteristics amongst anxiety patients. This study assessed the prevalence and risk factor profile associated with ASAD in an anxiety clinic. Methods Clinical psychologists assigned 520 consecutive patients to DSM-IV adult anxiety subcategories using the SCID. We also measured demographic factors and reports of early separation anxiety the Separation Anxiety Symptom Inventory and a retrospective diagnosis of childhood separation anxiety disorder . Other self-report measures included the Adult Separation Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire ASA-27 the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales DASS-21 personality traits measured by the NEO PI-R and the Work and Social Adjustment Scale. These measures were included in three models examining for overall differences and then by gender Model 1 compared the conventional SCID anxiety subtypes excluding PTSD and OCD because of insufficient numbers Model 2 divided the sample into those with and without ASAD Model 3 compared those with ASAD with the individual anxiety subtypes in the residual group. Results Patients with ASAD had elevated early separation anxiety scores but this association was unique in females only. Except for social phobia in relation to some comparisons those with ASAD recorded more severe symptoms of depression anxiety and stress higher neuroticism scores and greater levels of disability. Conclusions Patients with ASAD attending an anxiety clinic are highly symptomatic
