From parent levels
ChapterVMental and behavioural disordersOpen
BlockF90-F98Behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescenceOpen
CategoryF93Emotional disorders with onset specific to childhoodOpen
Mainly exaggerations of normal developmental trends rather than phenomena that are qualitatively abnormal in themselves. Developmental appropriateness is used as the key diagnostic feature in defining the difference between these emotional disorders, with onset specific to childhood, and the neurotic disorders (F40-F48).
Exclusions
- when associated with conduct disorder (F92.-)
Separation anxiety disorder of childhood
Should be diagnosed when fear of separation constitutes the focus of the anxiety and when such anxiety first arose during the early years of childhood. It is differentiated from normal separation anxiety when it is of a degree (severity) that is statistically unusual (including an abnormal persistence beyond the usual age period), and when it is associated with significant problems in social functioning.