Aripiprazole for Tourette Syndrome
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After showing intermittent signs of psychosis for about 1 year, a 13-year-old boy was admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit for increasingly bizarre behavior. The patient was experiencing typical symptoms of schizophrenia: paranoid delusions; hallucinations; fear and confusion; illogical thoughts; flat affect; and withdrawal from others. His Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) score was 79 at the time of admission. Aripiprazole was started and then titrated to 20 mg/day. He showed modest improvement, but after 3 weeks, he still had prominent negative symptoms and a PANSS score of 59.
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