Separation Anxiety Disorder Case Study

Mr and Mrs. Anderson, after thoroughly reading the case study on your daughter, Amanda, I was able to come a conclusion about her diagnosis. Amanda is primarily suffering from a form an anxiety disorder. Her primary diagnosis is “Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD)”, which is a form on a childhood disorder that usually emerge during infancy. According to the DSM criteria, Amanda fits criteria A, which is a “developmentally inappropriate and excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from those to whom the individual is attached” (Weis, 2014).and it must be associated with three out of the eighth factors within the DSM5 diagnostic. The three main factors from criteria A that are related in Amanda’s case are: 1) she becomes over anxious or in distress whenever she is separated from her mother or home setting, 2) she displays avoidance of school, peers and …show more content…
In addition, what might also contribute to her symptoms has to do with the parenting- child relationships within the home (Weis, 2014). There were many warning signs to what might have been the causes of Amanda’s disorder that was noted directly from the information gathered during the therapist session. For instance, Amanda had recently moved to a new house and she is also attending a new school which can be stressful. She feels lonely most of the time because she doesn’t seem to have any friends or family members to play with her own age. According to Amanda, before kindergarten, she had stayed home the majority of the time with her grandmother or her mother. In addition, “while other children live in