Brian Greenfield Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Anxiety Disorder, Depressive
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Author(s): Agata Czyzowicz, Brian Greenfield
A 13-year-old female presented with symptoms resemblingseizures. After several neurologic and psychiatric assessments, a final diagnosis of separation anxiety disorder (SAD) was made.Our case report briefly explains the pathophysiology and clinical presentation of SAD, and how a physician can be fooled by and a typical presentation.