A mother brings in her 8-year-old daughter due to her inability to sleep in her own bed at night. The mother has a history of sleeping with her daughter since about age 2, when she became divorced. She has, however, recently remarried and the daughter’s insistence to sleep in the bed with her mother has become extremely problematic. When efforts are made to send the daughter to her own bed (in a room alone) the daughter becomes extremely stressed, tearful, and eventually displays tantrum-like behavior that fully disrupts sleep for the household until she is allowed to sleep with her mother. The MOST LIKELY diagnosis for this behavior would be:

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The Association of Social Work Boards Masters Exam, formerly known as the ASWB Intermediate exam, is a licensure examination designed by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB). The ASWB exams measure skills and knowledge in social work-specific content areas, such as human development and behavior, social and economic justice, and intervention processes.  Each ASWB exam consists of 170 multiple choice questions, including 150 scored questions and 20 questions used for data collection regarding the effectiveness of the exam. The 10 sections of the ASWB Masters Exam include: Human... Show more

A mother brings in her 8-year-old daughter due to her inability to sleep in her own bed at night. The mother has a history of sleeping with her daughter since about age 2, when she became divorced. She has, however, recently remarried and the daughter’s insistence to sleep in the bed with her mother has become extremely problematic. When efforts are made to send the daughter to her own bed (in a room alone) the daughter becomes extremely stressed, tearful, and eventually displays tantrum-like behavior that fully disrupts sleep for the household until she is allowed to sleep with her mother. The MOST LIKELY diagnosis for this behavior would be:






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