Affiliations 

  • 1 J. I. TEOH, MBBS (S'pore). DPM (Eng). MRCPsych (Lond), MANZCP, Dip Psychotherapy (Aberda), AM (Mal). Associate Professor, Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
Singapore Med J, 1974 Jun;15(2):139-46.
PMID: 4528577

Abstract

Six cases of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome were described. The technique of mass negative practice causing reactive inhbibition was used to treat two cases. Contrary to previous studies, mass negative practice reduced the quality of tics but did not affect the frequency of tics in the syndrome. Subsequently all the cases were treated with haloperidol with a dramatic remission of symptoms, The video-tape method of measuring percentage improvement of symptoms were described,

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