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Behavior Disorder and Attention Deficits in Boys with Tourette Syndrome

1988; Elsevier BV; Volume: 27; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00004583-198807000-00005

1527-5418

Jeffrey Sverd, Alison D. Curley, Lina Jandorf, LINDA VOLKERSZ,

Trypanosoma species research and implications

Behavior disorders in a group of Tourette syndrome (TS) boys and in a group of boys referred with behavior difficulties only were compared. The two groups were similar with regard to teacher and parent ratings of behavior disturbance and with regard to clinical diagnoses of behavioral and attentional disorders. Over 90% of TS boys were diagnosed as having attention deficit disorder. Some boys with mild TS were found to have attentional and impulse control problems. Increased severity of TS symptoms was associated with an earlier onset of behavior disturbance. The findings suggest that attention deficits and behavior disorder are common in psychiatrically referred TS boys and that they may share common neurobiological mechanisms with the tic disorder. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 1988, 27, 4:413–417.