1043-3155 Pediatr Neurol Briefs pedneurbriefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs Pediatric Neurology Briefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs 2166-6482 1043-3155 2166-3155 Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers Chicago, IL, USA PNB-23-05-b 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-23-1-6 Movement Disorders Neurology Pediatrics Nervous System Diseases Child Development Brain Diseases Neurosurgery Child Infant Behavioral Disorders in Children with Tourette Syndrome http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-7931 Millichap J. Gordon MD 1 2 * Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Correspondence: Dr. J. Gordon Millichap, E-mail: jgmillichap@northwestern.edu 01 2009 01 12 2015 23 1 5 5 Copyright: © 2009 The Author(s) 2009 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Psychiatric disorders and behavioral problems in children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome

The prevalence of comorbid neurobehavioral problems in 35 children and adolescents (31 [88%] boys; mean age 11.8 years) with Tourette syndrome (TS) was determined at a psychiatric clinic at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Hafez Hospital, Iran.

 Coprolalia Tourette Syndrome Comorbid Disruptive

The prevalence of comorbid neurobehavioral problems in 35 children and adolescents (31 [88%] boys; mean age 11.8 years) with Tourette syndrome (TS) was determined at a psychiatric clinic at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Hafez Hospital, Iran. Motor tics were blinking (54%), mouth (31%) and shoulder (31%) movements. Vocal tics were throat clearing and grunting. Coprolalia occurred in 9%. Comorbid disruptive behavior disorders were ADHD in 24 (68%); ODD (28%); and CD in 5.7%. TS+disruptive behaviors occurred in 71%, TS+anxiety disorders in 43% (OCD 26%), TS+mood disorders in 14%. TS patients without comorbidity were uncommon (2.9%), and less than previously reported. [1]

COMMENT. Almost all patients with TS have some behavioral comorbid disorder. ADHD is the most common comorbid disorder, followed by ODD and OCD. Mood disorders are uncommon.

Ghanizadeh A Mosallaei S Psychiatric disorders and behavioral problems in children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome Brain Dev 2009 Jan 31 1 15 9 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.03.010 18558469