A mother has called the pediatrician's office with concerns about her son who has just been diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome
She tells the nurse that her son is continually repeating his own speech and she is growing increasingly concerned about his well being. What clinical term does the nurse share with the mother to explain this behavior? a. echolalia c. copropraxia
b. coprolalia d. palilia
D
With Tourette's, complex motor and vocal tics are present including copropraxia (involuntary and effective appropriate use of obscene gestures), echolalia (involuntary repetition of the speech of others) and palilia (involuntary repetition of the person's own speech.) Vocal tics or repetitive involuntary vocalizations take the form of sniffing, grunting, throat clearing, or coprolalia (involuntary and inappropriate swearing).
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