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Abnormal and Behavioural Psychology

Abnormal and Behavioural Psychology

ISSN: 2472-0496

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Tourette Syndrome

Tourette (too-RET) syndrome is an uncontrollable condition that includes repeated motions or intrusive sounds (tics). You may blink your eyes constantly, shrug your shoulders, or blur out odd sounds or offensive words, for example. Tics usually turn up between the ages of 2 and 15, with an average age of around 6. Males are around three to four times more likely to develop a Tourette syndrome than females. While Tourette syndrome does not get cured, therapies are available. Many people with Tourette syndrome need no medication if symptoms aren't alarming. Tics also decrease or become tested after teen years. Tics rapid, brief, sporadic or sound movements are the characteristic of Tourette syndrome. They can vary from mild to serious. Severe symptoms could interfere significantly with communication, day-to-day functioning and quality of life. These are usually accompanied by an unwelcome impulse or sensation in the affected muscles, may sometimes be temporarily suppressed, and their position, intensity and frequency can change characteristically. On the extreme end of a continuum of tic conditions, Tourette's. Sometimes, casual observers un notice the tics.

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