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Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome and Mania in an Adolescent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Avraham Bleich ,
Edna Bernout ,
Alan Apter  and
Sam Tyano
Avraham Bleich
Affiliation:
Sackler School of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, and Child and Adolescent Department, Geha Psychiatric Hospital, 49100 Peta Tiqva, Israel
Edna Bernout
Affiliation:
Sackler School of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, and Child and Adolescent Department, Geha Psychiatric Hospital, 49100 Peta Tiqva, Israel
Alan Apter
Affiliation:
Sackler School of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, and Child and Adolescent Department, Geha Psychiatric Hospital, 49100 Peta Tiqva, Israel
Sam Tyano
Affiliation:
Sackler School of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, and Child and Adolescent Department, Geha Psychiatric Hospital, 49100 Peta Tiqva, Israel
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Summary

The case is presented of a twelve-year-old boy suffering simultaneously from Tourette Syndrome (TS) and a manic episode. The problems of this unique clinical association are discussed from the point of view of differential diagnosis, treatment, and possible biochemical basis. The case also illustrates the usefulness of the expanded concept of TS as a neuropsychiatric disorder with dys-regulation of perceptual, motor, and cognitive functioning.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 146 , Issue 6 , June 1985 , pp. 664 - 665
Copyright
Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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