Echopraxia

Echopraxia (from Greek ηχώπράξις echopraxia: from ηχώ echo, reverberation ',' Echo ' and πράξις practice, indeed ', ' action ', ' performing ') is a neurological- psychiatric symptom as it occurs for example in Tourette's syndrome. Echopraxia manifests itself in compulsive automatic imitation and repetition of presentation of their actions and movements and can also be an early symptom of schizophrenia in adolescents be.