This is the extreme of tics, affecting 0.5 to 1% of French people. Described on the 19the century by the French neuropsychologist Gilles de la Tourette, the syndrome of the same name is often associated with one or more mental disorders (ADHD, OCD, autism, etc.). But beware of the caricature images that commonly accompany Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, or TS. “Not all of them are serious, coprolalia (insult) or copropraxis (obscene gestures) are not automatic.”explains Dr: Andreas Hartmann, neurologist (SGT Reference Center of Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris).
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There is actually a continuum from transition tics to TS. And far from always being as serious and crippling as we believe, SGT “defined by the combination of at least two motor tics and a vocal tic persisting after one year. Someone who shrugs a little, blinks, and clears his throat for at least twelve months therefore has TS!” In 75% of cases, it resolves spontaneously in adulthood without…
Source: Le Figaro
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