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Management of psychosis accompanying tourette syndrome with quetiapine
Onur Toktamis, Cansu Çakir Sen, Nesrin Buket Tomruk
Department of Psychiatry, Bakırköy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey
Correspondence Address:
Onur Toktamis
Department of Psychiatry, Bakırköy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Istanbul
Turkey
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/jnbs.jnbs_3_22
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Gilles de la Tourette (or briefly Tourette) syndrome (TS) is a neurobehavioral disorder that often begins in childhood and is characterized by motor and vocal tics. Many psychiatric disorders may accompany TS, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and obsessive–compulsive disorder being the most frequent. However, literature regarding the association between TS and psychosis is controversial. We present a patient who has comorbid TS and psychosis and is treated successfully with quetiapine.
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