School phobia

School phobia is a proposed mental illness.

Signs and symptoms
No diagnostic criteria have been established, but the following are generally described:


 * A child or adolescent enrolled in education fails to attend, or rarely attends
 * Lack of attendance cannot be explained (or is not fully explained) by illness
 * The child or adolescent is afraid to attend school or intentionally tries to avoid attending

Notable studies

 * 2020, Severe ME in Children - (Full text)
 * 2007, Special problems of children with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and the enteroviral link - (Full text)
 * 2003, Learning and memorization impairment in childhood chronic fatigue syndrome manifesting as school phobia in Japan. - (Full Text)