Self-Mutilation and Tourette's Disorder
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Child Neurology
- Vol. 2 (4) , 265-267
- https://doi.org/10.1177/088307388700200405
Abstract
Tourette's disorder is a stereotyped movement disorder that carries with it the risk of self-mutilation. Two cases are presented in which children with Tourette's disorder mutilated themselves. Possible physiologic mechanisms by which self-mutilation occurs in patients with Tourette's disorder are reviewed and treatment strategies are discussed. (J Child Neurol 1987;2:265-267).Keywords
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