Tourette's disorder and associated complex behaviors: a case report

Yale J Biol Med. 1990 May-Jun;63(3):209-14.

Abstract

A case of a man with Tourette's disorder associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder, multiple sexual paraphilias, and aggressive behavior is described. Treatment with haloperidol led to improvement in the characteristic tics of Tourette's disorder as well as to improvement in these three complex-associated behaviors. After haloperidol was discontinued, an exacerbation of tics and the associated behaviors occurred.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aggression*
  • Haloperidol / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / complications*
  • Paraphilic Disorders / complications*
  • Tourette Syndrome / complications*
  • Tourette Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Tourette Syndrome / psychology

Substances

  • Haloperidol