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Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
Pediatric psychiatry
ISBN/EAN: 9786139843763
Umbreit-Nr.: 5289216
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 64 S.
Format in cm: 0.4 x 22 x 15
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 25.06.2018
Auflage: 1/2018
- Zusatztext
- Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is a neuro-psychiatric disorder that generally affects children with normal intelligence and can affect also talented children. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome was first described in a book entitled Malleus Maleficarum which means "Witch's hammer" in the late 15th century. The book described a priest whose abnormal involuntary repetitive behaviors were considered to be related to possession by the devil. In the medical literature, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, a French doctor was the first to describe a patient with this syndrome in 1825. The rather bizarre manifestations of the syndrome including involuntary movements and utterances can make an intelligent child a victim of the condition, and adversely affects his schooling and results in social rejection and consequently isolation. Awareness of this condition by the community, educators, and also medical practitioners are necessary to avoid the loss of affected children who can have the potential to be a talented individual in the future. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome has not been described or documented before in Iraq. The aim of this book is to describe the first case of this syndrome in Iraq.
- Autorenportrait
- Aamir Jalal Al Mosawi is advisor in pediatrics and pediatric psychiatry at the Children Teaching Hospital of Baghdad Medical City. He is the Head of Iraq Headquarter of Copernicus Scientists International Panel. He served as a member of the advisory council the International Association of Medical Colleges (IAMC).