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Asperger's Syndrome and Tourette Syndrome

The Case of the Pinball Wizard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Jacob Kerbeshian  and
Larry Burd
Jacob Kerbeshian
Affiliation:
University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks Clinic, 1000 Columbia Road South, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202, U.S.A.
Larry Burd*
Affiliation:
Child Evaluation and Treatment Program, Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital, University of North Dakota, 1300 S. Columbia Road, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202, U.S.A.
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

We review the English-language literature on Asperger's syndrome (AS), with particular reference to diagnostic criteria and differentiation from infantile autism and personality disorders, and describe six cases seen in practice; all met DSM-III criteria for ‘atypical pervasive developmental disorder’. Three also developed Tourette syndrome: the co-occurrence of the two disorders, and methods of intervention, are discussed.

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Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 6 , June 1986 , pp. 731 - 736
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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