7% article deals with issues which are helpful in designingpreventive outreach programs for victims of traumatic stress. The first part outlines a theoretical approach to the process of coping with serious life events. The second part analyzes the various aspect of mental assistance after such event
A case of post-traumatic tic disorder
โ Scribed by DR. Carlos Singer; Juan Sanchez-Ramos; William J. Weiner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 196 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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โฆ Synopsis
We present the case of a 27-year-old man who developed multiple motor tics following closed head trauma with loss of consciousness. Age of onset, lack of family history of tics, and atypical progression of tic seventy and location make it untikely that the patient had Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Previous reports of post-traumatic tic syndrome are discussed.
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