Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to S Srinath.
Two cases of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome from India are presented. The symptomatology of Tourette syndrome is the same as that documented in western populations which suggests biological factors in the aetiology of the syndrome.
While hallucinations are known to occur as conversion symptoms in non-psychotic psychiatric states such as hysteria and grief, there is a lack of distinction between true and pseudo-hallucinations in such cases. We discuss the rationale which has necessitated this distinction, affirm that true hallucinations can occur in non-psychotic states, discuss the characteristics of such hallucinations, and postulate certain factors which may lead to hallucinations in non-psychotic states being judged as "true."
The obsessions and compulsions noted in 16 cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder in children were compared to the phenomenology seen in 398 cases during a decade. Less obsessions, more compulsions, more frequent washing and repeating compulsions characterised the childhood group.
Earlier, we reported that true hallucinations may present as a conversion symptom. We here reiterate this and suggest that cultural sanction may be one factor that can lead to hallucinations being classified as true in non-psychotic psychiatric states.
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