TY - JOUR
T1 - Stereotypic movement disorders
AU - Singer, Harvey S.
PY - 2011/4/20
Y1 - 2011/4/20
N2 - Stereotypic movements are repetitive, rhythmic, fixed, patterned in form, amplitude, and localization, but purposeless (e.g., hand shaking, waving, body rocking, head nodding). They are commonly seen in children; both in normal children (primary stereotypy) and in individuals with additional behavioral or neurological signs and symptoms (secondary stereotypy). They should be differentiated from compulsions (OCD), tics (tic disorders), trichotillomania, skin picking disorder, or the direct physiological effect of a substance. There is increasing evidence to support a neurobiological mechanism. Response to behavioral and pharmacological therapies is variable.
AB - Stereotypic movements are repetitive, rhythmic, fixed, patterned in form, amplitude, and localization, but purposeless (e.g., hand shaking, waving, body rocking, head nodding). They are commonly seen in children; both in normal children (primary stereotypy) and in individuals with additional behavioral or neurological signs and symptoms (secondary stereotypy). They should be differentiated from compulsions (OCD), tics (tic disorders), trichotillomania, skin picking disorder, or the direct physiological effect of a substance. There is increasing evidence to support a neurobiological mechanism. Response to behavioral and pharmacological therapies is variable.
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U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-444-52014-2.00045-8
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-444-52014-2.00045-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 21496612
AN - SCOPUS:79954505361
SN - 0072-9752
VL - 100
SP - 631
EP - 639
JO - Handbook of clinical neurology
JF - Handbook of clinical neurology
ER -