Tourette’s Disorder

Tourette’s Disorder is a rare disorder characterized by repetitive muscle movements and vocal outbursts. At some time during the illness, though not necessarily at the same time, the sufferer has had at least one vocal tic (a tic is a motor movement or vocalization that is nonrhythmic, rapid, repeated, stereotyped and sudden) and multiple motor tics for longer than one year. These tics occur many times each day, nearly every day or at intervals.

See DSM-IV-TR 307.23 Tourette’s Disorder

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  1. Disorder Center » Tourette’s Disorder - Tourette’s Disorder - St. Louis Children’s Hospital
    August 17th, 2009 at 4:47 am

    [...] Tourette’s Disorder | Lori Riddle-Walker MFT, Treating OCD and Tourette’s Disorder is a rare disorder characterized by repetitive muscle movements and vocal outbursts. [...]