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Print Price: $29.95

Format:
Paperback
180 pp.
Haltones and line drawings, 129 mm x 196 mm

ISBN-13:
9780199298198

Publication date:
November 2008

Imprint: OUP UK


Tourette Syndrome

Second Edition

Edited by Mary Robertson and Andrea Cavanna

Series : The Facts

Tourette's Syndrome (TS) is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder affecting up to 1% of the population. It is characterised by motor and vocal tics, and upsetting anti-social behaviour such as involuntary swearing and obscene gestures.

This second edition of Tourette Syndrome: The Facts explains the causes of the syndrome, how it is diagnosed, and how to cope if you or a relative has been recently diagnosed. It provides information on the treatment and therapies that are available, and advice and on how individuals can manage their symptoms. It clearly explains the different presentations that can affected individuals, covering a spectrum from very mild to more uncommon severe forms of TS, and also discusses disorders that can be mistaken for TS.

This edition contains a new chapters focussing on 'Education, employment and empowerment', and famous and successful people who achieved their goals despite their diagnosis.

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.

Readership : Sufferers of Tourette's Syndrome, their relatives and friends. Professionals in primary health care, students of psychology or medicine, schoolteachers, clinicians.

1. Introducing three cases
2. What is Tourette syndrome?
3. How common is Tourette syndrome?
4. How is the diagnosis made?
5. What other disorders can be mistaken for Tourette syndrome?
6. Can people with Tourette syndrome also develop other conditions?
7. Will I have Tourette syndrome forever?
8. Coping with the news of a diagnosis of Tourette syndrome
9. Is there more than one type of Tourette syndrome?
10. What causes Tourette syndrome?
11. Which therapies are most useful for Tourette syndrome?
12. Education, employment and empowerment
13. Famous or successful people who have had Tourette syndrome
Appendices
Index

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Mary Robertson is Emeritus Professor in Neuropsychiatry, University College London, and Visiting Professor and Honorary Consultant, St George's Hospital and Medical School, London, UK. Andrea Cavanna is a Consultant in Behavioural Neurology, Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital, Birmingham, and Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK.

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Special Features

  • Includes Key Point boxes at the start of each chapter to quickly summarise important concepts covered in the text
  • Features numerous Case Histories which provide practical realistic examples throughout
  • Includes invaluable Resource section with suggested further reading and contact information for patient self-help/support group, plus a glossary of technical terms