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Associated Behaviors

A.D.H.D. - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Behavior Therapy

Bi-polar Disorder

Bullying

CAT Scan (also known as CT scan)

Central Nervous System (CNS)

Chorea

Clinical Trials

Cognitive Dulling

Co-Morbid Condition

Compulsion

Coprolalia

Depression

Developmental Disability

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV)

Dopamine

Dyskinesia

Echolalia

Echopraxia

Etiology

FMRI - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Gene

Genetic Testing

Involuntary Movements

MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Neurotransmitter

Obsession

OCD - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Palilalia

P.A.N.D.A.S. - Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infection

P.E.T - Positron Emission Tomography

Premonitory Urges

Remission

Serotonin

S.P.E.C.T. - Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography

Tardive Dyskinesia

Tic

Tourette Syndrome

Trichotillomania

Waxing and Waning