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What is the age at which separation anxiety usually begins in infants?

a) 3 months

b) 6 months

c) 9 months

d) 12 months

e) 18 months

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Answer

Answer C.

While there is variability between patients, it is highly unusual for infants 6 months or under to show true separation anxiety, and most children display this psychologically normal phenomenon by 12 months after birth.

Notes

This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.

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