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Separation
Anxiety disorder
Differential diagnosis
Anxiety predominantly concerns separation from
attachment figures in SAD, they do not predominate the
clinical picture as in GAD.
Unlike panic attacks, anxiety concerns the possibility of
unexpected events and being away from attachment figure
rather than anxiety due to unexpected panic attacks.
Unlike agoraphobics, those with SAD are not anxious
about being trapped or incapacitated in situations from
which escape is perceived difficult.
Unlike social phobia, social refusal is due to separation
from attachment figure not due to fear of being judged.
Selective
mutism
Specific phobia
Social anxiety
disorder (social
phobia)
Panic disorder
Panic attack
specifier
Agoraphobia
Generalized
anxiety disorder
Anxiety disorder
due to another
medical
condition
Other specified
anxiety disorder
Unspecified
anxiety disorder