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Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome and its impact in the UK

Year: 2005

Type: review

Abstract: Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome of chronic multiple motor and vocal tics is now acknowledged to be far more common than once thought, affecting up to 1% of schoolchildren with a wide range of severity. At the milder end of the spectrum the associated psychopathologies can in themselves impair social and educational functioning, in particular obsessive compulsive disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Many patients with this condition are not being adequately served by health and education services in the UK. The epidemiology, clinical features, aetiological factors, and management of the syndrome are reviewed.

Source: Postgraduate Medical Journal

DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.023614

Authors: J S Stern, S Burza, M M Robertson

Institutions: St George's Hospital, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, St George's, University of London, University College London

Language: English

Topic: Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1998493128