Up to 1 in 10 adults suffer irrational fears of abandonment - but it's only in the last three years that they've started to be taken seriously by medical professionals.
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Until 2013, separation anxiety disorder was confined to literature on juvenile anxiety disorders. It was omitted from the diagnostics and statistical manual on adult anxiety disorders. sbs.com.au cocktail wears in navy blue