The Rorschach test and Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome: A pilot case-control study

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 657-665

  Balottin, Umberto ^b   Rossi, Maura ^b   Rossi, Giorgio ^b   Viganò, Lucia ^b   Nanti, Marta ^a   Salini, Silvia ^c   Lanzi, Giovanni ^b   Termine, Cristiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Psychopathology; Rorschach test; Tourette's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PILOT STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RORSCHACH TEST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TICS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 69249219166     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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