Foreign accent syndrome as a psychogenic disorder: A review

© 2016 Keulen, Verhoeven, De Witte, De Page, Bastiaanse and Mariën. In the majority of cases published between 1907 and 2014, FAS is due to a neurogenic etiology. Only a few reports about FAS with an assumed psychogenic origin have been published. The present article discusses the findings of a careful database search on psychogenic FAS. This review may be particularly relevant as it is the first to analyze the salient features of psychogenic FAS cases to date. This article hopes to pave the way for the view that psychogenic FAS is a cognate of neurogenic FAS. It is felt that this variant of FAS may have been underreported, as most of the psychogenic cases have been published after the turn of the century. This review may improve the diagnosis of the syndrome in clinical practice and highlights the importance of recognizing psychogenic FAS as an independent taxonomic entity

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Narcolepsy in a Child Under 7 Years Old

Narcolepsy is very rare. It begins almost always after the age of 10 years. Only two cases have been reported, as far as could be ascertained, at the age of 8 years, and this early onset was described as 'remarkable ' (Kanner, 1957). It therefore appears justified to report this case. Case Report The patient was referred to the school medical officer at the age of 6 years as 'somewhat microcephalic ' (head circumference 19 in.) 'and in need of special educational treatment'. Some months before he had been seen by an orthopaedic surgeon because of bad posture; he also had 'weak ankles and knees'. No organic disease was found. The advice that he should do postural exercises was not followed by the parents. Later the child was sent to a