Autism Spectrum Symptoms in a Tourette's Disorder Sample.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Tourette's disorder (TD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) share clinical features and possibly an overlapping etiology. The aims of this study were to examine ASD symptom rates in participants with TD, and to characterize the relationships between ASD symptom patterns and TD, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Method

Participants with TD (n = 535) and their family members (n =234) recruited for genetic studies reported TD, OCD, and ADHD symptoms and completed the Social Responsiveness Scale Second Edition (SRS), which was used to characterize ASD symptoms.

Results

SRS scores in participants with TD were similar to those observed in other clinical samples but lower than in ASD samples (mean SRS total ra

SUBMITTER: Darrow SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5648014 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature