DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER, TOURETTE-DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA - A CASE-STUDY

We present a unique case of an is-year-old male who had a classic pict ure of schizophrenia preceded by a well documented history of Tourette Disorder and a developmental disorder. The subject, a member of an on going study on first-admission psychosis, has been systematically eval uated and followed up for two years, and the interesting neuropsycholo gical findings are presented and compared to those of the rest of the sample with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. The triad of schizophrenia, Tourette Disorder and developmental disorder is described for the firs t time in a subject with an adult type schizophrenia. Possible neurode velopmental impairments explaining the clinical picture are discussed in view of the recent literature.