Tourette Syndrome

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1. Behavior therapy effective in reducing tics in children with Tourette syndrome, study finds
   A multisite study has developed an effective, non-medication treatment for children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome and related tic disorders that shows improvement similar to that found in recent anti-tic medication studies.
2. Anxiety/panic disorder most frequent disabling comorbid disorder in Tourette syndrome patients, study finds
   An assessment of patients with adult Tourette syndrome to identify clinical factors that contribute to psychosocial and occupational disabilities resulting from the vocal or motor tics that define TS found that anxiety/panic disorder may be the most disabling psychiatric condition associated with the disorder.
3. SPEEDY Babies; A New Behavioral Syndrome
   SPEEDY babies are active and agile movers with speech disorders and tongue dysfunction. Researchers have studied and described these children, and observed a recurrent pattern in their behavioral phenotype.
4. Brain shock: The new Gulf War syndrome (New Scientist)
   Are the mysterious symptoms plaguing bomb-blast survivors a scary new phenomenon or simply a twist on an old problem?
5. Battered Woman Syndrome
   Women who are victims of intimate-partner violence have been identified by the mental health field for more than 30 years now.1-3 It is understood that domestic violence is part of gender violence, and that many more women than men are the victims of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse.4-6 Even when women strike back or engage in mutual violence, it is usually the woman who is most likely t