Authors report a case of separation anxiety disorder, which developed as a side effect
during haloperidol treatment of Tourette syndromes(TS). In this case, 14 years old boys
developed attention deficit symptoms during his infancy. At 4th grade of primary school,
he developed vocal tic, motor tic, and coprolalia. With 5mg/day of haloperidol treatment
his symptoms of TS were subsided. During the treatment, he developed features of
separation anxiety disorder, including dependence, pleading, clinging, and sadness.
Symptoms of attention deficit and separation anxiety disorder were improved by
25mg/day of imipramine treatment.
During haloperidol treatment of TS, careful observation may be needed whether
separation anxiety disorder-like symptom develops.
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