| Reviews |
| - 'This excellent book manages to give a concise, balanced, practical and remarkably comprehensive discussion of almost all the questions and problems which children with Tourette's syndrome and their parents may face. In addition, there is a wide-ranging bibliography for those who wish to pursue the subject further, and a list of Tourette syndrome associations and interested physicians
throughout the world. It is a most valuable resource.' - Oliver Sacks M.D.
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| Description | | - Includes contact details for many international groups and organizations supporting Tourette's Syndrome
- Text is comprehensive, accessible, and easy to read
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Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome (or Tourette's Syndrome), is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder affecting about 5 people in every 10,000. It is characterized by motor and vocal tics, and upsetting anti-social behaviour such as involuntary swearing and obscene gestures. This book, written by a psychologist and a psychiatrist who have been researching Tourette's Syndrome for many years,
explains the causes of the syndrome, how it is diagnosed, and the ways in which it can be treated. Essential reading for Tourette's sufferers, their relatives and friends, Tourette's Syndrome: The Facts
will also be of use to clinicians, GPs, schoolteachers, and anyone seeking an accessible introduction to the disorder.
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Readership: Professionals in primary health care; students of psychology or medicine; schoolteachers; clinicians; sufferers of Tourette's Syndrome and their relatives and friends.
| Contents |
1. Introducing three cases
2. Questions and answers about Tourette Syndrome
3. How the diagnosis is made
4. Coping with the news
5. Education and Tourette Syndrome: what can be done?
Appendix 1. International agencies supporting Tourette's Syndrome
Appendix 2. Bibliography and further reading
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Mary M. Robertson, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University College Medical School, London and
Simon Baron-Cohen, Departments of Experimental Psychology and Psychiatry, Cambridge University
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