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Separation anxiety disorder (SAD)

- Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) : separation anxiety disorder (SAD ) is a form of anxiety disorder in which the subject displays age-inappropriate, excessive, and disabling anxiety about being apart from his or her parents or away from home.

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