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Tourette-Like Disorder in Asperger's Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Carl S. Littlejohns ,
David J. Clarke  and
John A. Corbett
Carl S. Littlejohns*
Affiliation:
North Wales Hospital, Denbigh, Clwyd LL16 5SS, formerly registrar, Monyhull Hospital, Kings Norton, Birmingham
David J. Clarke
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH
John A. Corbett
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry, Leacastle Hospital, Wolverley, Kidderminster DY10 3PP
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

An eight-year-old boy with Asperger's syndrome was given haloperidol to control agitation and aggressive outbursts. Withdrawal of the drug after two years was followed by Tourette-like symptoms. Subsequently neither haloperidol nor a second antipsychotic drug altered the core features of Asperger's syndrome, despite suppressing the movement disorder. His first exposure to neuroleptics was in utero.

Type
Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 3 , March 1990 , pp. 430 - 433
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990 

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