Echopraxia
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| F95.2 | Combined vocal and multiple motor tics [Tourette's syndrome] |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
Echopraxia (from the Greek ηχώπράξις echoprâxie : from ηχώ echo , reverberation ',' echo 'and πράξις prâxis , deed', 'act', 'performance') is a neurological - psychiatric symptom , such as occurs in Tourette's syndrome . Echopraxia manifests itself in the compulsive, automatic imitation and repetition of demonstrated actions and movements. Echopraxia can also occur in dementia , catatonia , autism , impaired consciousness and aphasia and can also be an early symptom of schizophrenia in adolescents .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Ford (1970) quoted in Kirsten Müller-Vahl: Tourette syndrome and other tic diseases in childhood and adulthood. MWV, 2010, ISBN 978-3-941-46815-3 , p. 54 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- ^ Christian Eggers , Schizophrenia in childhood and adolescence: Symptomatology, clinical course, etiological and therapeutic aspects. In: Z Ärztl Fortbild Qualitätssich. 2002, 96, pp. 567-577. PMID 12474307 .
- ↑ M. Ferrara et al.: Frontal lobe syndrome or adolescent-onset schizophrenia? A case report. In: Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2006, 114, pp. 375-357. PMID 17022798 .
Web links
Wiktionary: Echopraxie - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
- Echopraxia. Bernhard Tille Institute for Communication and Health, accessed on February 20, 2012 .