Gratification Disorder: A Case Report from the Himalayan Country–Nepal
The gratification disorder is common in children between the ages of 3 months and 3 years. The condition is called a “disorder,” but it is a normal behavioral variant in early childhood. The common differentials for this condition are childhood epileptic seizures. The failure to recognize this case...
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| description | The gratification disorder is common in children between the ages of 3 months and 3 years. The condition is called a “disorder,” but it is a normal behavioral variant in early childhood. The common differentials for this condition are childhood epileptic seizures. The failure to recognize this case may lead to unnecessary investigations and inappropriate treatment. It improves with age, generally by reassuring the anxious parents. In this case report, we present a case of a 2-year-old female child with a history of episodic rocking of the hip and scissoring of lower limbs, and she was treated with anti-epileptics but showed no improvement. After detailed assessment and normal investigations, a diagnosis of gratification disorder was made. The parents were psycho-educated and assured. Though reluctant to accept the diagnosis, they complied with the advice of ignoring the events and distracting the child. This was a challenging case for both the clinicians to diagnose and the parents to accept the diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c4a563b08e904d86b8bea6a4ec91f3f62024-02-26T12:04:20ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Psychosexual Health2631-83182631-83262023-10-01510.1177/26318318231221937Gratification Disorder: A Case Report from the Himalayan Country–NepalPawan Sharma0Omkar Dhungel1Lokesh Saini2 Department of Psychiatry, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Lalitpur, Nepal Department of Psychiatry, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Lalitpur, Nepal Department of Pediatric Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur, IndiaThe gratification disorder is common in children between the ages of 3 months and 3 years. The condition is called a “disorder,” but it is a normal behavioral variant in early childhood. The common differentials for this condition are childhood epileptic seizures. The failure to recognize this case may lead to unnecessary investigations and inappropriate treatment. It improves with age, generally by reassuring the anxious parents. In this case report, we present a case of a 2-year-old female child with a history of episodic rocking of the hip and scissoring of lower limbs, and she was treated with anti-epileptics but showed no improvement. After detailed assessment and normal investigations, a diagnosis of gratification disorder was made. The parents were psycho-educated and assured. Though reluctant to accept the diagnosis, they complied with the advice of ignoring the events and distracting the child. This was a challenging case for both the clinicians to diagnose and the parents to accept the diagnosis.https://doi.org/10.1177/26318318231221937 |
| spellingShingle | Pawan Sharma Omkar Dhungel Lokesh Saini Gratification Disorder: A Case Report from the Himalayan Country–Nepal Journal of Psychosexual Health |
| title | Gratification Disorder: A Case Report from the Himalayan Country–Nepal |
| title_full | Gratification Disorder: A Case Report from the Himalayan Country–Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Gratification Disorder: A Case Report from the Himalayan Country–Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gratification Disorder: A Case Report from the Himalayan Country–Nepal |
| title_short | Gratification Disorder: A Case Report from the Himalayan Country–Nepal |
| title_sort | gratification disorder a case report from the himalayan country nepal |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/26318318231221937 |
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