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  2. Management of Tourette syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Knowledge, education and understanding are uppermost in management plans for tic disorders, [6] and psychoeducation is the first step. [14] [15] A child's parents are typically the first to notice their tics; [16] they may feel worried, imagine that they are somehow responsible, or feel burdened by misinformation about Tourette's. [14]

  3. Tourette syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Tourette syndrome or Tourette's syndrome (abbreviated as TS or Tourette's) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that begins in childhood or adolescence. It is characterized by multiple movement (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic. Common tics are blinking, coughing, throat clearing, sniffing, and facial movements.

  4. Tourettism - Wikipedia

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    Tourettism refers to the presence of Tourette-like symptoms in the absence of Tourette syndrome, as the result of other diseases or conditions, known as "secondary causes". Tourette syndrome (TS) is an inherited neurological condition of multiple motor and at least one vocal tic .

  5. Habit reversal training - Wikipedia

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    Habit reversal training (HRT) is a "multicomponent behavioral treatment package originally developed to address a wide variety of repetitive behavior disorders". [ 1 ] Behavioral disorders treated with HRT include tics , trichotillomania , nail biting , thumb sucking , skin picking , temporomandibular disorder (TMJ), lip-cheek biting and ...

  6. Premonitory urge - Wikipedia

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    Immediately preceding tic onset, most individuals with Tourette syndrome are aware of an urge, [6] which is similar to the need to sneeze or scratch an itch. Individuals describe the need to tic as the buildup of tension in a particular anatomical location, [ 7 ] which they consciously choose to release, as if the subject "had to do it". [ 8 ]

  7. Tourette Syndrome breakthrough as study finds electrical ...

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    The bracelet delivers electrical impulses, with the study finding that it reduced the severity and frequency of tics by 25% amongst 121 respondents

  8. Baylen Dupree's Tourette Tics Ramp Up at Airport as She ... - AOL

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    The 22-year-old travels with her mother, Julie, in the second episode of her TLC series, which airs on Monday, Jan. 20 at 9 p.m. EST

  9. Echopraxia - Wikipedia

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    Echopraxia is a typical symptom of Tourette syndrome but causes are not well elucidated. [1]Frontal lobe animation. One theoretical cause subject to ongoing debate surrounds the role of the mirror neuron system (MNS), a group of neurons in the inferior frontal gyrus (F5 region) of the brain that may influence imitative behaviors, [1] but no widely accepted neural or computational models have ...