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School Refusal (cont.)

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American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Children Who Won't Go to School

American Psychological Association

American Academy of Family Physicians, School Refusal in Children and Adolescents



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Anxiety Disorder: Separation Anxiety and School Refusal »

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), separation anxiety is a fairly common anxiety disorder that consists of excessive anxiety beyond that expected for the child's developmental level related to separation or impending separation from the attachment figure (eg, primary caretaker, close family member) occurring in children younger than 18 years and lasting for at least 4 weeks.

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