PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M Trimble
TI  - Psychopathology and movement disorders: a new perspective on the Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.52.Suppl.90
DP  - 1989 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 90--95
VI  - 52
IP  - Suppl
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/52/supplement/90.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/52/supplement/90.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1989 Jun 01; 52
AB  - Attention is drawn to associations between movement disorders and psychopathology. The historical background of this is briefly reviewed, and then some recent research findings with regards to the Gilles de la Tourette syndrome are presented. In particular, associations between aggressive and obsessive compulsive disorder and Gilles de la Tourette movements are reported. Further there are associations between a family history of tics and obsessive compulsive disorder in the subsequent generation. It is concluded that the Gilles de la Tourette syndrome should not be viewed as a tic disorder, but a far more complex condition in which the tics form but one aspect.