Tourette_Syndrome

Tourette Syndrome In 1885, a 28 year old neurologist, Georges Gilles de la Tourette came across a condition where the victims twitched and jerked uncontrollably. The people also cried out, grunted and in some cases, swore. (geocities 1) This syndrome would later be known as Tourette Syndrome. Today doctors diagnose Tourette Syndrome using the Diagnostic Service Manual. DSM-IV gives the criteria for Tourette Syndrome as follows: 1) both multiple motor and one or more vocal tics have been present at sometime during the illness, although not necessarily concurrently. 2) The tics occur many times a day (usually in bouts) nearly everyday or intermittently throughout a period of one year, and during this period there was never a tic free period of more than three consecutive months. 3) The disturbance causes marked distress or significant impairment in social, occupational or other important areas of functioning. 4) The onset is before the age 18 years. 5) The disturbance is not due to direct psychological effects of a substance (e.g. stimulants) or a general medical condition (e.g. Huntington’s Disease or post viral encephalitis). There are many specific symptoms of Tourette Syndrome. Tourette Syndrome is diagnosed by “ observing syndrome, tourette, tics, one, gene, symptoms, tic, people, pbs, three, parents, gts, geocities, problem, out, help, family, disorder, condition, child, cause, affected, words, way, vocal, throat, things, repeatedly, person, period, movements, motor, mind, males, male