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    Tourette syndrome Resource - Provide accommodations to have tests/reports given orally. The use of a scribe may help to reduce many writing difficulties. Waive time limits on tests to reduce stress/anxiety. - Provide a copy of class notes rather than having the student copy from the board or overhead. - The use of a tablet or computer is frequently a reasonable and necessary accommodation. - Provide accommodations to have tests/reports given orally. - The use of a scribe may help to reduce many

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    ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY Student’s name Prof’s name Course title Date Qsn. 1 Differentiate between delirium and dementia Delirium is also referred to acute state of confusion that presents in three forms. Its symptoms are severe confusion and bewilderment in the hyperactive form it is also characterized by an equally sudden pulling out from dealings with friends and the rest of the outside world. In the third form that is mixed delirium all these symptoms occur in an individual, it

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    “Oh, they’re just a few tics, just calm down and they’ll go away,” my father exclaimed as I blinked rapidly and jerked my head twice toward my right shoulder. At the tender-age of four, I was constantly struggling to control myself. I recall standing by the wooden-child’s table, when all-of-a-sudden, I felt the overwhelming urge to lift my small, royal-blue cup and replace it in the same-precise-place three times. I spent upwards of five minutes repeating these steps: up-and-down, up...and-down (wrong-try-again)

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    TOURETTE SYNDROME Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a familial neurological disorder of variable expression that is characterized by recurrent involuntary tics involving body movements and vocalizations. The disorder is named after Dr. Georges Gilles de la Tourette, the pioneering French neurologist who in 1885 first described the condition in an 86 year old French noblewoman. Tourette is a type of Tic Disorder that affects all ages, ethnic groups, and races but is three to four times more common with

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    Tourette’s syndrome is a disorder that makes its host produce unwanted movement and/or sound. The condition may contain one or both symptoms. Tourette's disorder is an issue with the sensory system that causes individuals to make sudden developments or sounds, called tics, that is beyond the hosts control. The disorder is named for the pioneer in French neurosurgery, Dr. Georges Gilles de la Tourette, when he discovered it in a French citizen in 1885. The symptoms for Tourette's syndrome are first

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    Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder that is associated with reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and uncontrollable thoughts that drives the patients to repeat something over and over again. The Aviator movie is trying to depict this disorder through the character Howard Hughes. The story captures the real-life experience of Hughes who was a successful filmmaker and aeronautic engineer in Hollywood between 1920s and 1940s. He was both rich, talented and notoriously eccentric. Hughes

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    INTRODUCTION Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disorder, which causes an individual to have intrusive thoughts of a frightening or disturbing nature, which in turn may cause a person to do things repeatedly. It is characterized by obsessive thoughts and/ or compulsive behaviors that significantly interfere with normal life. Obsessions are unwanted, recurrent, and disturbing thoughts, which the person cannot suppress, and which can cause overwhelming anxiety. They are not voluntarily produced

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    Tourette Syndrome (TS) is an inherited tic disorder that usually appears in early childhood and is classified by multiple motor tics and verbal tics. (Mayo 2012) Tics are sudden and repetitive movements, with motor tics being physical muscle movements, and verbal tics being sudden vocalization. Common tics range anywhere from constant eye blinking to throat clearing and grunting. Although the word “involuntary” is usually used to describe tics, this is not completely true, a better word would be

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    Case presentation and history Michael is a 12 years old boy who is a slim built and he is attending year seven at a local High school for visual Arts and Design. Michael is living with his mother, father, and younger brother. Michael has presented symptoms of severe stress, moderate mood, and normal anxiety during the last week before the assessment. Michael has a history Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and he indicated fears of harming other, resulting in checking and reassurance behaviour as well

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    Tourette's Syndrome Essay

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    Tourette's Syndrome Gilles de la Tourette’s Syndrome (TS) is a sporadic or inherited complex neuropsychiatric disorder (not an illness) influenced by neurological, psychological, and sociological factors. It is characterized by involuntary tics - sudden, rapid, recurrent nonrhythmic movements or noises that occur repeatedly in the same way (Temple, 2003). The symptoms include: both multiple motor tics and one or more phonic tics (which may

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