Failure to Establish Control over Tics in the Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome with Behaviour Therapy Techniques
- 1 June 1973
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 122 (571) , 665-670
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.122.6.665
Abstract
The Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is a puzzling disorder, usually beginning in childhood. It is characterized by (1) facial and bodily tics progressive in involvement and frequency, (2) grunting and barking noises and, (3) coprolalia (i.e. compulsive obscenities). Although this pattern of behaviour has been described with striking uniformity over the past century (Gilles de la Tourette, 1885; Fernando, 1967; Kelman, 1965; Lucas, 1967; Prabhakaran, 1970), no specific neurological or psychological aetiology has been found.Keywords
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