Tics are sudden, uncontrollable, spastic movements or verbal outbursts. These movements or vocalizations are repetitive, do not follow a rhythm, and are generally involuntary. Persistent motor or ...

Tourette's syndrome is a lifelong neurological disorder with symptoms that, contrary to popular belief, only rarely include the involuntary shouting of obscenities. The disorder is associated with a ...

Baylen Dupree was walking through a store when something felt off. She had a strange sensation that she was being followed. She was ticking, a symptom of her then-undiagnosed Tourette syndrome, and ...

Tourette syndrome is diagnosed when both motor and vocal tics persist for more than one year before age 18. CBIT is the first-line behavioral therapy and is effective in both in-person and virtual ...

I started having tics when I was 7 years old. At first, doctors dismissed my mom's concerns as me just being a kid. Tourette syndrome can't be cured, but I want to have more control over my tics. I’m ...