Tourette syndrome and criminal responsibility: a case report
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Adolescent with Tourette Syndrome and Bipolar Disorder: A Case Report
Tourette syndrome consists of multiple motor tics and one or more vocal tics. Psychopathology occurs in approximately 90% of Tourette syndrome patients, with attention-deficit/hyperactivity, mood, and obsessive-compulsive disorders being common. Additionally, Tourette syndrome and bipolar disorder may be related in some individuals. However, it is unclear why bipolar disorder may be overreprese...
متن کاملThe episodic dyscontrol syndrome and criminal responsibility.
A growing body of literature suggests that violent behavior, especially when it is episodic, explosive, and out of all proportion to the provocation, can be a manifestation of what is currently termed the episodic dyscontrol syndrome. As elaborated by Monroe (1970, 1978), it represents a subgroup of the more general category of episodic (vs. continual) behavior disorders, and is defined as an "...
متن کاملComplex phonic tic and disinhibition in Tourette syndrome: case report.
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by a combination of multiple motor tics and at least one phonic tic. TS patients often have associated behavioral abnormalities such as obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit and hyperactive disorder. Coprolalia, defined as emission of obscenities or swearing, is one type of complex vocal tic, present in 8% to 26% of ...
متن کاملBrain Overclaim Syndrome and Criminal Responsibility: A Diagnostic Note
This brief diagnostic note identifies a cognitive pathology, "Brain Overclaim Syndrome [BOS]," that often afflicts those inflamed by the fascinating new discoveries in the neurosciences. It begins by suggesting how one should think about the relation of neuroscience (or any other material explanation of human behavior) to criminal responsibility, distinguishing between internal and external cri...
متن کاملShared psychotic disorder and criminal responsibility: a review and case report of folie à trois.
We present a case of shared psychotic disorder involving three sisters who were successful in establishing an insanity defense on numerous felony charges in the South Carolina criminal court system. Two of the authors of this article were court-appointed examiners in this case. We then present a history of shared psychotic disorder, an overview of the use of this diagnosis in the defense of ins...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Journal of Forensic Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1018-5275,2149-0570
DOI: 10.5505/adlitip.2018.78941