Tourette Syndrome Introduction

Tourette Syndrome Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tourette Syndrome is also referred to as Tourette's Disorder, Tourette's, TS and sometimes Tourette Spectrum Disorder. Tourette Syndrome is best defined in the archives and pages of neurological conditions, syndromes, and disorders. Initially Tourette Syndrome was seen as extremely rare and an individual was viewed as having violent muscle contortions (motor tics) and vocal disruptions (vocal tics) combined with outburst of swearing and obscenities. However Dr. David E. Comings writes in …

…a very important subject to understand is; many people diagnosed with Tourette's Disorder may have a variety of other conditions that they deal with. Nonetheless, Tourette's Disorder is by DSM-IV-TR definition listed under Childhood / Adolescent,Tic Disorders and characterized by involuntary body movements and vocal, outbursts. Though the DSM categorization is under Childhood / Adolescent, Tic Disorders, don't misunderstand this categorization, as it is based on age of onset and diagnosis. Paul Marshall editor@tourettes-disorder.com