MEHMET EMİN CEYLAN, MAZLUM ÇÖPÜR, Fulya MANER

Autism, smelling behavior and obsessive compulsive disorder

Otizme eşlik eden belirtilerden biri de duyularla ilgilidir. Bu olgu serisinde 15-38 yaşları arasında DSM-IV-TR tanı ölçütlerine göre otistik bozukluk, obsesif kompulsif bozukluk saptanan yedi erkek sunulmuştur. Olguların hepsinin eline aldığı her nesneyi kokladıkları gözlenmiştir. Bu tabloya kokuyla ilgili belirtilerin de eklenmesi sorunun primitif köklerinin olabileceğine ilişkin ek bir kanıttır. Otistik bozukluk tanısı içinde otizm, obsesif kompulsif bozukluk ve kendisiyle ilgili her nesneyi koklama davranışıyla birlikte giden alt tipi olabileceğini düşünüyoruz.

Otizm, koklama davranışı ve obsesif kompulsif bozukluk

One of the symptoms associated with autism is sensations. Seven male patients with age range 15-38 and diag-nosed as autism according to DSM-IV have been presented in this case series. All of the cases presented with smelling of the all objects. It is considered that in addition to the autistic symptoms, smelling behavior show that they have primitive origin. We thought that the triad of obsessive compulsive disorder, autism and smelling the objects might be a subgroup of autistic spectrum disorders.

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