“The missing unsupported are getting Sadder?”
Separation Anxiety Disorder and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) – “The missing unsupported are getting Sadder?” Dear Reader, Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_anxiety_disorder You will note from both these following references; https://www.anxietybc.com/adults/separation-anxiety https://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/separation-anxiety That in 2013 numerous changes were made to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ( DSM–5 ), a classification of mental disorders used by medical and psychiatric professionals in many areas of the world. One of these changes was the inclusion of adults in struggling with a condition previously assumed only to effect children and adolescents - Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD). In the context of PIP you will also note from the above references the following implications for independent life of a SAD; Lack of independence in a variety of domains (e.g. taking tri...