Prevalence and Clinical Correlates of Self-Harm Behaviors in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome

Prevalence and Clinical Correlates of Self-Harm Behaviors in Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome

Introduction: Major symptoms of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) are tics, but in 90% of cases, psychiatric comorbidities occur. Self-harm behaviors (SHBs) could result from deliberate action and unintentional injury from tics.Methods: We examined 165 consecutive GTS patients aged 5 to 50 years...

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Main Authors: Natalia Szejko, Andrzej Jakubczyk, Piotr Janik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
self-harm behavior
deliberate self-injury
unintentional self-injury
tics
compulsions
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00638/full

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