West Syndrome

Dr. Md. Rashidul Haque MBBS, FCPS (Psychiatry) Assistant Professor A 2 year 3 months old boy has attended in my chamber with a history of repetitive convulsions from the age of 1 year, inability to stand or sit or walk, can’t speak, sleep disturbance & low intelligence. West syndrome is a constellation of symptoms characterized […]

Tourette’s Syndrome

Tourette’s disorder is a childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorder. It includes both motor and vocal tics, coprolalia (involuntary utterance of obscenities words), and echolalia (repetition of interviewer speech) throughout a period of more than 1 year. The onset is before age 18 years. Georges Gilles de la Tourette first described the patient with Tourette’s syndrome in 1885. […]