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withdrawal symptoms refer to physical or psychological symptoms such as convulsions, tremor, vomiting, insomnia, anxiety, muscle pain and sweating that follow the abrupt discontinuation of a drug that produces physical dependence. It is a physical illness and discomfort following the withdrawal of a drug.
Withdrawn refers to a path to peer rejection in which children are shy and selfconscious.
Withdrawn-rejected children refer to a sub-group of rejected children who are usually passive, socially anxious, socially unskilled, and insensitive to peer-group expectations..
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