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Commentary: What is unsought will go undetected – a commentary on Rodin et al. (2020)
Author(s) -
Malik Osman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
child and adolescent mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1475-3588
pISSN - 1475-357X
DOI - 10.1111/camh.12401
Subject(s) - tics , phenomenon , psychology , population , sociology , psychiatry , epistemology , philosophy , demography
Rodin et al.'s study (2020) on the belief, knowledge and attitudes about tics amongst health professionals in Uganda is a preliminary yet an important step towards challenging the current thinking amongst clinicians and academics working with tics, which is that tics are hardly seen in or are absent in the sub‐Saharan African population and it has been psotulated that this phenomenon is considered to be explained by genetics.