Practice Briefs

GAD is one of 11 major diagnosable anxiety disorders included in the DSM-IV-TR categorically-based system of classifying mental disorders (APA, 2000).

Peripartum and postpartum anxiety (PPA) is not currently a standalone diagnosis in the DSM-5 (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). Common manifestations of PPA can include symptoms such as excessive worry related to one’s child...

Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) is defined as developmentally inappropriate and excessive distress or anxiety that involves a fear of separation from those to whom an individual is attached (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013, p. 190).

Tolerable levels of anxiety and fear are a part of typical development for young people. Yet, fear and anxiety can become problematic and impede some young people’s abilities to function and can even advance to the point of a disorder.