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Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome symptom onset at age 35

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It is apparent to the authors that the primary factors influencing this particular case of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome are psychological. The condition appears to result from threatening environmental conditions causing repression. The repressed material manifests itself in multiple tics, echolalia, and coprolalia. Because of this patient's extreme resistance to accepting the true conditions of his situation, individual and group psychotherapy have been difficult modes of treatment.

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  1. University of Florida, USA

    Enrique Araneta M.D. (Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Chief of Psychiatry)

  2. Allport College of Human Behavior, Oakland University, 138 Dodge Hall, 48063, Rochester, Michigan

    Jed Magen, Michael N. Musci Jr.,  Philip Singer Ph.D. & Carl R. Vann Ph.D.

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Veterans Administration Hospital, Hampton, Virginia, at the time of this study.

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Araneta, E., Magen, J., Musci, M.N. et al. Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome symptom onset at age 35. Child Psych Hum Dev 5, 224–230 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01433416

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