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Understanding Tourette disorder and other tic disorders, with John Piacentini, PhD

3/18/202635 min

Tourette disorder and other tic disorders affect millions of people yet remain widely misunderstood. John Piacentini, PhD, director of the UCLA Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Clinic, explains the brain basis of Tourette disorder; talks about why tics are very common in young children; debunks common myths—such as the idea that Tourette disorder mainly involves uncontrollable swearing—and discusses how recent behavioral therapies are helping many patients manage tics.

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    [upbeat jingle] [upbeat music] Tourette disorder and other tic disorders affect up to one in 50 school-aged children in the US, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, yet the disorders are often widely misunderstood. Many people associate Tourette's with uncontrollable swearing, but that symptom is actually relatively rare among the constellation of motor and vocal tics that make up Tourette's. Meanwhile, for many years, medications were thought to be the only effective treatment for tic disorders, but in recent decades, researchers have developed effective behavioral treatments that are now a frontline option. Today we're going to talk to a psychologist who's been one of the leaders in developing those treatments. We'll ask him what is

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