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  2. 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.

  3. Causes and origins of Tourette syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Causes and origins of Tourette syndrome have not been fully elucidated.Tourette syndrome (abbreviated as Tourette's or TS) is an inherited neurodevelopmental disorder that begins in childhood or adolescence, characterized by the presence of multiple motor tics and at least one phonic tic, which characteristically wax and wane.

  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. 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 ...

  6. Intrusive thought - Wikipedia

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    Older adults tend to see the intrusive thought more as a cognitive failure rather than a moral failure in opposition to young adults. [38] They have a harder time suppressing the intrusive thoughts than young adults causing them to experience higher stress levels when dealing with these thoughts.

  7. Coprolalia - Wikipedia

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    A more recent study in Brazil had 44 patients with Tourette syndrome, and found a 14% rate of coprolalia; [23] a study in Costa Rica had 85 patients, and found that 20% had coprolalia; [24] a study in Chile had 70 patients, and found an 8.5% rate of coprolalia; [25] older studies in Japan reported a 4% incidence of coprolalia; [26] a 1996 ...

  8. 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]

  9. Societal and cultural aspects of Tourette syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) circa 1772. Johnson published A Dictionary of the English Language in 1755, and was a prolific writer, poet, and critic.. Discussions with adults who have Tourette syndrome reveal that not everyone wants treatment or a "cure", especially if that means they may "lose" something else in the process.