Handbook of Tourette's Syndrome and Related Tic and Behavioral Disorders / Edition 1

by Roger Kurlan

Overview

Relating breakthroughs in phenomenology and neurobiology and current strategies for diagnosis, assessment, and clinical care, this long-anticipated Second Edition provides expanded descriptions of clinical features, further evidence linking heritability to etiology, and revised epidemiological estimates as observed in the most recent research on Tourette's syndrome (TS) and associated disorders. The latest information about the controversial poststreptococcal hypothesis is also presented and discussed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367393717
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/19/2019
Series:	Neurological Disease and Therapy , #65
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Phenomenology of the Tic Disorder o Associated Behavioral Disorders o Diagnosis and Assessment o Neurobiology o Genetics and Epidemiology o Clinical Care o The Child and Adolescent with Tourette's Syndrome: Clinical Perspectives on Phenomenology and Treatment

Editorial Reviews

Provides a comprehensive discussion of tics and the associated behavioral disorders that often accompany chronic tic syndromes. The differential diagnosis and assessment of chronic tic disorders are discussed in detail, as are the state of the art neurobiology and the genetics and epidemiology, including the current work in progress that attempts to localize the gene for Tourette's syndrome. Other chapters discuss the clinical care of patients with tic disorders, including the pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment and the approach to behavioral disorders of Tourette's syndrome. Special topics include future research into Tourette's and tic disorder syndromes, and the role of the Tourette Syndrome Association. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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