MORE TOURETTE'S SYNDROME LINKS
USEFUL TOURETTE'S SYNDROME RESOURCES
Yale University School of
Medicine, Child Study Center, TS/OCD Clinic
The
Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation
Members
of the TSA National Board of Directors, Medical Advisory Board, Professional
Advisory Board, and Scientific Advisory Board
Tourette Syndrome Summer Camp
HBO Documentary on Tourette's Syndrome
Tourette
Syndrome Information
Tourette's Syndrome Dictionary of Links
Lyme disease and Tourette's
syndrome
Complete
Report on Survey 2000,
the unofficial, online survey to solicit input
about
how well
the
Tourette Syndrome Association
is meeting the needs of those involved with Tourette Syndrome.
CONTROVERSY AND MISINFORMATION ABOUT
TOURETTE'S SYNDROME
Misleading Tourette syndrome definition published in NEJM by Jankovic
Dr. Phil on Tourette's syndrome and Asperger's syndrome: "Extreme
Disorders"
Dr.
Laura Schlessinger on Tourette's
Inversine, Mecamylamine, and
Targacept - information about Tourette's and nicotine
David Comings, M.D. -
information about Hope Press, The Gene Bomb, and
Comings Tourette syndrome research
Tourette
Syndrome in the Media:
"An
Angel in My Tree," which aired on December 17th, 2000 was an unfavorable
media treatment of Tourette Syndrome. The recent Ally McBeal
segment is also discussed, as well as the TSA's role in these productions.
INFORMATION ABOUT AD/HD
Tourette's, tics and
stimulants -
journal research about the use of stimulants
(e.g.; Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta)
in the presence of tics.
The
4-Year Course of Tic Disorders in Boys With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder
AD/HD
A Major Factor In Tic Disorder :
A summary of a
journal article which points out that ADHD accounts for much of the impairment seen in clinical
samples of persons with tic disorders.
Social
and Emotional Functioning in children with ADHD and TS:
A summary of a journal article indicating that "family functioning was associated with social and emotional adjustment"
and that " much of the social and behavioral dysfunction in children with Tourette's
syndrome is ADHD-specific" and
" children with Tourette Syndrome alone have a very different social-emotional profile than do those with TS plus
ADHD."
