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Drug Treatment of Adolescent Tiqueurs

A Double-blind Trial of Diazepam and Haloperidol

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

P. H. Connell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry
D. J. Horne
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry
A. M. Mathews
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry The Bethlem Royal Hospital and The Maudsley Hospital, London, S.E.5

Extract

Various forms of treatment have been recommended for multiple tics, including psychotherapy (Zausmer, 1954), behaviour therapy (Yates, 1958) and phenothiazines and other tranquillizers (Lucas, 1964; Kelman, 1965), but there have been no reports of an adequate controlled trial of any particular therapy.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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