User:Fowlerta/Klazomania

Wikipedia Proposal: Klazomania

Presented by: Tara Fowler, Micheal Adondakis, Dan Baumann and Lauren Goverman

Main points

General definition

• Klazomania is a rare but characteristic paroxysmal compulsive shouting attack. It is classified as a complex phonic tic disorder.

History

• Klazomania comes from the Greek "klazo", meaning to scream. It was first witnessed in a patient with postencephalitic Parkinsonian syndrome.

Symptoms

• Attacks can be anticipated by a few seconds. Major symptoms include: agitation, shouting at the top of one's voice and angry appearance. Patients appear to be surprised by the attacks once they have concluded and are fully oriented between attacks.

Cases

• 63 year-old man with two-year history of sudden shouting episodes.

Causes

• Unknown at the present time. It could have to do with seratonin, dopamine and norepinephrine. Dopamine receptors could be oversensitive.
• Infection
• Alcoholism

Other Complex Phonic Tics

• Echolalia, Palilalia, Lexilalia and Coprolalia.

Related Disorders

• Tourette syndrome
• Asperger syndrome
• Autism
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Treatment

• Behavioral therapy, drugs.

References

1. Gordon D. L. Bates, Irene Lampert, Michael Prendergast, and A. Ernst Van Woerkom. Klazomania: The screaming tic. Neurocase. Vol. 2, Iss. 1, 2008.
2. Leckman, James. F., and Donald J. Cohen. Tourette's Syndrome Tics, Obsessions, Compulsions: Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Care. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1999.
3. O'Connor, K. P., and others. "Evaluation of a cognitive-behavioural program for the management of chronic tic and habit disorders." Behaviour Research and Therapy (June, 2001): 39.
4. Cummings J.L.; Lanacker, D.V., Brain Research Reviews, Volume 31, Issue 1, December 1999, Pages 83-104
5. Cumming J.L. BIOL PSYCHIATRY, 1985;20:1117-1126 Expletives: neurolinguistic and neurobehavioral perspectives on swearing

Division of workload

We will meet at specified times in order to discuss the writing of this project. We each hope to have a complete understanding of the topic by the end.