Tourette syndrome; myths, misconceptions and ways forward

For the first episode of "Gilles is in the air", Christelle Nilles talks to Dr Andreas Hartmann, a movement disorder neurologist at the Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, France and coordinator of the French Centre of Excellence (centre de référence) for Tourette syndrome.

References, studies and papers cited:

• Fat MJ, Sell E, Barrowman N, Doja A. Public perception of Tourette syndrome on YouTube. J Child Neurol. 2012 Aug;27(8):1011-6. doi: 10.1177/0883073811432294. PMID: 22821136.
• Müller-Vahl KR, Sambrani T, Jakubovski E. Tic disorders revisited: introduction of the term "tic spectrum disorders". Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2019 Aug;28(8):1129-1135. doi: 10.1007/s00787-018-01272-7. Epub 2019 Jan 19. PMID: 30661132; PMCID: PMC6675752.
• Prevalence of tic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis: Knight T, Steeves T, Day L, et al. (2012). Prevalence of Tic Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Pediatric Neurology, 47(2), 77–90. DOI 
• Review of prevalence of coprolalia in Tourette syndrome (TS) : Robertson MM, Eapen V, Singer HS, et al. Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2017;3(1):16097.
• Representation of coprolalia in the media: Calder-Sprackman, S., Sutherland, S., & Doja, A. (2014). The Portrayal of Tourette Syndrome in Film and Television. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien Des Sciences Neurologiques, 41(02), 226–232. doi:10.1017/s0317167100016620 
• https://tourette.org/resource/understanding-coprolalia/
• https://tourette.org/momdad-kid-tourettes/ 
• "Is it time to rename Tourette"? Controversy session followed by a poll at 12th European Conference on Tourette Syndrome & Tic Disorders in Hannover, Germany. (2019)
   

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