title: A child with severe head banging.
abstract: We present a 7-year-old boy with a developmental disorder presenting with severe head banging. Clinical evolution was consistent with diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, stuttering, and Tourette's syndrome. This report emphasizes the overlap between developmental disorder phenotypes. There is a need to understand the natural history and relationship of specific symptoms that occur in developmental disorders to devise effective and appropriate intervention strategies.
authors.affiliation: Miami Children's Hospital, Dan Marino Center, Weston, FL 33331, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Granana
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Tuchman
mesh_terms: D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019956:Stereotypic Movement Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D013342:Stuttering / Q000175:diagnosis; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D005473:Fluoxetine; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors