Separation anxiety disorder is well recognized as a juvenile psychiatric disorder, but it appears to be rarely diagnosed in adulthood. Drawing on our clinical impressions and a review of the relevant literature, we sought to investigate whether separation anxiety symptoms could be identified in adulthood. Forty-four subjects recruited by a media campaign were administered a semistructured inter...

STUDY DESIGN A prospective, nonrandomized study. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of periodic intraoperative text messages (SMS) in reducing parental anxiety level during posterior spinal fusion (PSF) surgery for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA No studies have reported the use of intraoperative SMS to reduce level of anxiety in parents of pa...

The aim of this study was to demonstrate the change in separation-individuation between late adolescents in the first, second, third and fourth year of higher education. The study sample used for this longitudinal study consisted of 148 students attending class studies, computer education and science education departments of Kırıkkale University. The Separation-Individuation Test of Adolescence...

Early identification of anxiety among youth is required to prevent them from going unrecognised and untreated by mental health professionals. A precise identification of the young person's primary difficulty is also required to guide treatment programs. Availability of a valid and easily administrable assessment tool is crucial for identifying youth suffering from anxiety disorders. The purpose...

BACKGROUND Emotion-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (ECBT) is a new form of CBT with emotion regulation components. This form of treatment is suggested to be employed to improve dysregulation of anxiety and other kind of emotions in anxious children. This study observed and compared the effectiveness of CBT and ECBT on anxiety symptoms; sadness and anger management; and cognitive emotion re...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that a standard 30-min break in a routine 7.5 h period of work makes a difference in cognitive function. METHODS In a double-blinded, cross-over trial 30 residents in anaesthesia were randomized to receive or not to receive a 30-min break between the assessment times of 07:30 and 14:00. in a normal working day. After at least 28 days ...

BACKGROUND Children report various types of fear in the context of hospitalization, such as fear of separation from the family, having injections and blood tests, staying in the hospital for a long time, and being told "bad news" about their health. OBJECTIVES To examine the effects of the "Teddy Bear Hospital" method on preschool children's fear of future hospitalization. METHODS The study...

Distress is defined as pain or suffering affecting the body, a bodily part, or the mind (MerriamWebster, 2011). Separation anxiety in dogs is a distress response to separation from the figure to which the dog is most attached (Palestrini et al., 2010). This paper will focus on separation anxiety in the absence of the owner. The complex aetiology of separation anxiety means that the underlying c...