Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurological condition that is estimated to effect over 300,000 children and adults in the UK; and one school child in every hundred.
Tourette Syndrome
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Tourette Syndrome: Improve Quality of Life and Reduce Misconceptions
This Tourettes Awareness Day (7 June) we encourage you to explore the FREE learning opportunities available on our website, and to share with your networks. Together we can work towards ‘sharing best evidence, improving practice’ to highlight the impact Tourettes can have on those with the condition and those around them.
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Professor Kapil Sayal appointed as prestigious NIHR Senior Investigator
Congratulations to CAMH Editor, Professor Kapil Sayal who has been appointed as a new NIHR Senior Investigator.
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Tourette’s Syndrome Editorial
The focus of this Digest is Tourette Syndrome, a condition, which has much stigma attached, stereotyped views by society about what it means and a lack of national clinical guidance.
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Tourette Syndrome in Children and Young People
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurological condition that is estimated to affect one school child in every hundred. As with other neurological conditions, TS is more prevalent in boys, estimated that there is a prevalence of 0.7%. The main symptoms are physical and vocal tics, which typically develop in childhood.
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Parental Mental Illness – Supporting children and young people who live with a parent with a mental illness
ACE research identifies Parental Mental Illness as one of the 10 most significant adversities and risk factors for children and young people’s mental wellbeing. This day will ‘Challenge the Silence’ that children and young people face with a parent with mental illness. The day will provide you with the skills, knowledge and confidence to help […]
- Event type
- Training Day
- Location
- London
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Cognitive flexibility in OCD: challenging the paradigm
Data from a new study by Nicole Wolff and colleagues suggest that cognitive flexibility can be better in children with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) than typically developing controls.
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Barriers to improving access to therapy treatment for tics in the UK
The European clinical guidelines for Tourette Syndrome suggest that behavioural therapies (BT) are ‘first line treatments for tics for both children and adults’. However, according to Dr Tara Murphy and Dr Seonaid Anderson and colleagues, a barrier to delivering this in the UK is a lack of access to specialised psychologists and therapists.
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Access to evidence-based behavioural interventions needs improving for children affected by Tics
In 2016, Chris Hollis and colleagues compiled a Practitioner Review for the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry evaluating the most effective and well-supported interventions for children and young people affected by Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorder. Here, they discuss the key findings from their systematic review, and highlight that children and young people affected by tics require improved access to evidence-based behavioural interventions.
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Sensory-action binding: a new facet of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome?
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterised by a persistent motor or vocal tic present for >1 year.
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