title: A girl with increased writing and painting activities associated with Turner's syndrome and autistic spectrum disorder.
abstract: This report describes the findings on the evaluation of a 9-year-old girl with disabling and pronounced increased writing and painting activities associated with Turner's syndrome and autistic spectrum disorder. She spent most of the time doing these activities which affected not only her academic performance, but also social relationships. A comprehensive treatment plan consists of both biological and psychological aspects, is the main point of this case. Low dose of risperidone (0.5 mg/day) was started to decrease the patient's stereotypic behaviors. Sertraline (12.5 mg/day) was prescribed for her phobia. She was also referred to an occupational therapist in order to improve her social skills.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Research Center, Faculty of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Tehran Institute of Psychiatry, Resident of Psychiatry of Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Shohreh Mohseni
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ahouee
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Associate Professor of Iran University of Medical Science, Mental Health Research Center of Tehran, Psychiatric Institute, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mitra Hakim
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Shooshtari
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bidaki
keywords: Turner's syndrome; autistic spectrum disorder; writing activity