Characterised by repetitive, involuntary actions and vocalisations often called tics, Tourette Syndrome is a neuropsychiatric dysfunction that impacts roughly over 300,000 kids and adults within the UK (Anderson et al, 2024). Nonetheless, the results of Tourette Syndrome on the day by day lives of kid and adolescents have been insufficiently investigated (Atkinson-Clement, 2022).
The precise explanation for Tourette Syndrome will not be totally understood however it’s believed to be attributable to a mix of genetic and environmental components (Mayo Clinic, 2024) in addition to mind construction and performance. Tourette Syndrome is usually misunderstood as a situation which makes folks swear or say socially inappropriate issues (Tourettes Motion, 2024). This tic is called coprolalia and is just current in roughly 10% of younger folks identified with Tourette Syndrome (Cavanna and Rickards, 2013).
Residing with Tourette Syndrome can influence the lives of these residing with the situation and people round them (Tourettes Motion, 2024). The seen nature of tics can result in stigma, embarrassment, anxiousness, or despair associated to their signs (Piedad and Cavanna, 2016; Malli et al 2016). Maybe one of many largest challenges for folks residing with TS is managing the reactions of others (Anderson et al, 2024).
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Collectively we are able to work in the direction of ‘sharing greatest proof, enhancing apply’ to focus on the influence Tourette’s can have on these with the situation and people round them and to problem misconceptions.
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Podcasts
- NEW Podcast ‘Prepared for Change? The Altering Image of Tourette Syndrome within the UK’ with Dr. Seonaid Anderson and  Dr. Maddie Groom, Dr. Holan Liang, Dr. Camilla Babbage, Emma McNally, and Dr. Andrew Curran
- NEW Podcast ‘Understanding Tic Issues: A Spherical Desk on Analysis, Therapy, and Analysis’ with Dr. Seonaid Anderson and Dr. Charlotte Corridor, Dr. Tammy Hedderly, Joe Kilgariff, and Lisa Rudge
- Podcast ‘ADHD and Tic Issues: Discussing the SATURN Trial’ with Dr. Seonaid Anderson and Professor Chris Hollis
- Podcast ‘Tic Issues and Tourette Syndrome: Exploring the INTEND Challenge’ with Dr. Seonaid Anderson and Dr. Maddie Groom
- Podcast ‘Cultural Variations in Tics and Tic Issues’ with Dr. Seonaid Anderson and Dr. Tara Murphy
- Podcast ‘‘Tics, and Tic Issues; the sudden onsets and influences of the pandemic’ with Dr. Seonaid Anderson and Dr. Tammy Hedderly
- Podcast ‘Schooling, and Educating, about Tourettes’ with Dr. Seonaid Anderson and Lucy Toghill
- Podcast ‘Teenagers, Tics, and Tech’ with Dr. Seonaid Anderson and Camilla Babbage
Lectures, talks, and discussions
- NEW Recorded Spherical Desk ‘Understanding Tic Issues: A Spherical Desk on Analysis, Therapy, and Analysis’ with Dr. Seonaid Anderson and Dr. Charlotte Corridor, Dr. Tammy Hedderly, Joe Kilgariff, and Lisa Rudge
- Recorded Webinar ‘Tic Spectrum Dysfunction’ with Dr. Tammy Hedderly and Dr. Tara Murphy
Open Entry papers from ACAMH journals
- Authentic Article from the JCPP ‘Lengthy-term scientific and cost-effectiveness of a therapist-supported on-line distant behavioural intervention for tics in kids and adolescents: prolonged 12- and 18-month follow-up of a single-blind randomised managed trial’, (January 2023), Chris Hollis, Charlotte L. Corridor, Kareem Khan, Rebecca Jones, Louise Marston, Marie Le Novere, Rachael Hunter, Per Andrén, Sophie D. Bennett, Beverley J. Brown, Liam R. Chamberlain, E. Bethan Davies, Amber Evans, Natalia Kouzoupi, Caitlin McKenzie, Charlotte Sanderson, Isobel Heyman, Joseph Kilgariff, Cristine Glazebrook, David Mataix-Cols, Eva Serlachius, Elizabeth Murray, Tara Murphy
