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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460885803321

Autore

Freeman Roger

Titolo

Tics and tourette syndrome : key clinical perspectives / / Roger Freeman ; editor, Hilary Hart ; cover design, Karl Hunt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Mac Keith Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-909962-42-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Disciplina

616.83

Soggetti

Tourette syndrome

Tic disorders

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; AUTHOR'S APPOINTMENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARATION; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 DIAGNOSIS AND DEFINITIONS; 3 PRESENTATION TO CLINICIANS; 4 PREVALENCE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY; 5 ETIOLOGY; 6 CLINICAL COURSE AND PROGNOSIS; 7 PHENOMENOLOGY AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES; 8 THE LIVED EXPERIENCE; 9 FUNCTIONAL ('CONVERSION DISORDER' OR 'PSYCHOGENIC') TICS; 10 COMORBID DISORDERS AND SYMPTOMATOLOGY; 11 STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; 12 SYMPTOMS AND PATTERNS; 13 TICS IN OTHER MEDICALCONDITIONS; 14 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; 15 INTERVENTIONS AND TREATMENT

16 WORKING WITH SCHOOLS (ADVOCACY)17 WORKING WITH FAMILIES; 18 PEER RELATIONSHIPS ANDTEASING/BULLYING; 19 CONTROVERSIES; 20REFRACTORY CASES; 21 SERVICE PROVISION: A FEW CONSIDERATIONS; 22 SUPPORT GROUPS; 23 TIC DISORDERS AND THE LAW; 24 TOURETTE SYNDROME, EMPLOYMENTAND INSURANCE; 25 AND NOW FOR SOMETHINGCOMPLETELY DIFFERENT; 26 SOME PROBLEMS TICS CAN CAUSEFOR OTHERS; 27 CODA; Appendix 1: How Accurate is Information on the Internet?; Appendix 2: Then and Now; APPENDIX 3: Web Resources; APPENDIX 4: Publications of the TIC Consortium;



APPENDIX 5: Stereotypy Severity Scale

APPENDIX 6: Stereotypic Movement Disorder - a Primer forTeachersAPPENDIX 7: Comments on the American PracticeParameters on Tic Disorders (Murphy et al.2013); INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Includes extensive discussion of tic disorders that occur alone or in other conditions such as ADHD and OCD and mood disorders. This will help clinicians to decide whether it is the tic or the comorbidity that is the most pressing problem.