Copropraxia

Copropraxia is a tic consisting of involuntarily performing obscene or forbidden gestures, or inappropriate touching.^[1] Copropraxia comes from the Greek κόπρος meaning "feces" and πράξις meaning "action". Copropraxia is a rare characteristic of Tourette syndrome.^[1]

Related terms are coprolalia, referring to involuntary usage of profane words,^[2] and coprographia, making vulgar writings or drawings.

Tourette syndrome (F95.2, 307.23)

Main	Causes and origins History Sociological and cultural aspects Treatment

Terms	Coprolalia Copropraxia Echolalia Echophenomenon Echopraxia Palilalia PANDAS Sensory phenomena Tic Tic disorder Tourettism

Physicians	Jean-Martin Charcot Donald J. Cohen Georges Gilles de la Tourette Jean Marc Gaspard Itard James F. Leckman Arthur K. Shapiro

Organizations	Tourette Association of America Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada Tourettes Action Yale Child Study Center

Media	Front of the Class I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me John's Not Mad "Le Petit Tourette" Maze Motherless Brooklyn Quit It The Tic Code Tic Talk: Living with Tourette Syndrome

Notable people	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Howard Ahmanson Jr. Basshunter Pete Bennett Brad Cohen James Durbin Jim Eisenreich Jamie Grace Tim Howard Samuel Johnson André Malraux Dash Mihok Ruth Ojadi Tobias Picker Nick van Bloss Michael Wolff

References

1 2 Shimberg, Elaine Fantle (1995). Living with Tourette Syndrome. New York: Simon & Schuster. page 31. ISBN 0-684-81160-X
↑ Coprolalia. Dictionary.com, Accessed 21 November 2006.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

Copropraxia

See also

References