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School Refusal

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School Refusal
An anxiety disorder affecting school children who, for various reasons, avoid attending school; 1 in 4 children may occasionally refuse to attend school. Such behaviour becomes a routine problem in about 2% of children
Aetiology Separation anxiety, social anxiety, or depression, which may be accompanied by undiagnosed learning disabilities or reading disorders
school refusal
Psychiatry An anxiety disorder affecting schoolchildren who, for various reasons, avoid attending school. See Psychogenic seizure.
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Chorpita, Albano, Heimberg, and Barlow (1996) illustrate the importance of identifying the function of a behavior rather than using the topography of a behavior to establish treatment options for school refusal of a 10-year-old female.
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95 Paperback LC142 Thambiraj, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, distinguishes school refusal (difficulty in attending school because of emotional reasons or anxiety) from other forms of school non-attendance, such as truancy, and provides strategies for identifying and addressing this problem.
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