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Treatment of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome using behavioural psychotherapy: a single case example
Author(s) -
TOLCHARD B.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2850.1995.tb00062.x
Subject(s) - tourette syndrome , psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry
Treatment of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome using behavioural psychotherapy: a single case example. This paper describes the clinical condition of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (TS) and outlines some of the causes for the condition and its possible treatments. It describes a single case demonstrating the effectiveness of one type of treatment, namely habit reversal. Finally the implications of the condition's classification as a psychiatric disorder are discussed as is the possibility that other health care professionals may be able to help in the treatment of such cases.