“We think of separation anxiety usually with infants and toddlers, but if you’re a 10-year-old who can’t stand to be away from Mom or Dad and have these physical symptoms of acting out or feeling threatened because they’re no longer close to mom and dad, that’s something you want to look at as an anxiety disorder.”
“When we start talking about different age groups, that’s where we start breaking down the different types of anxiety disorders,” he said. “We think of separation anxiety usually with infants and toddlers, but if you’re a 10-year-old who can’t stand to be away from Mom or Dad and have these physical symptoms of acting out or feeling threatened because they’re no longer close to mom and dad, that’s something you want to look at as an anxiety disorder.”