Article
Tentative classification of neuropsychiatric disturbances in Prader-Willi syndrome.
Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR - 1 Dec 1994
Bartolucci G, Younger J
Abstract excerpt
Prader-Willi syndrome presents behavioural characteristics at the temperamental level which can be described as oppositional, explosive and at times antisocial. These traits may fluctuate and be driven by unknown biological anxiety symptoms are also frequent. Delusional psychotic thinking is manifest in some cases, but may be latent in several such patients. A third set of manifestations is a 'refusal-lethargy'...
Topics
- Adult
- Depressive Disorder
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Neurocognitive Disorders
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Phenotype
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Receptors, Serotonin
- Social Behavior