“…In regard to comorbidity between BD and separation anxiety disorder (SepAD), according to literature (Brückl et al, 2007;Tasdemir et al, 2016), in our sample, such a comorbidity pattern was frequently observed: almost one out of four patients in the total sample and half of the w/A subgroup had a history of SepAD. Moreover, according to literature (Selbes et al, 2018), SepAD could be a comorbid condition in patients with PD or it could significantly increase the risk of development of PD (Kossowsky et al, 2013). Since PD seems to precede BD, as shown in our sample, we could at least assume that SepAD could also be considered a prodromal condition in longitudinal course of BD.…”