Accent echoing: A newly described imitation phenomenon of psychosis?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-62

  Strous, Rael D ^a,b   Stryjer, Rafael ^a,b   Zerzion, Moshe ^a,b   Weiss, Mordechai ^a,b   Bar, Faina ^a,b  

^a BEER YAAKOV MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accent; Echoing; Echolalia; Imitation; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; CLOTIAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SULPIRIDE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOACCENTIA; ECHOLALIA; FEMALE; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HUMAN; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PSYCHOSIS; SEDATION; SPEECH; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; PHONETICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037278562     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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