Tics and Twitches course for GPs
This session will help to recognise tics and related behaviours in children.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Evaluate a young person with tics and recognise the clinical features of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS)
- Describe the distinction between tics and other kinds of movement problems
- List the mental health conditions intimately related and often associated with GTS
- Describe the way that clinical professionals are likely to adapt their advice for the child
- Offer advice, understanding and knowledge of how to manage and when and where to refer
This session uses self assessments that help you check what you have learnt. You do not have to use them and your answers are not seen by anyone else.
Mary is Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychiatry (UCL), Visiting Professor St George’s Medical School London and Honorary Professor University of Cape Town, South Africa. She is a neuropsychiatrist with a higher degree in people with epilepsy, and more than 30 years experience of clinical work and research covering Tourette Syndrome and related disorders. She has received two international lifetime achievement awards as well as a higher doctorate for published neuropsychiatric research.
Valsamma is Professor and Chair of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, and Head, Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry South West Sydney Local Health District (AUCS) Sydney, Australia. As a child psychiatrist with expertise in neurodevelopmental disorders, she has been involved in research and clinical work covering Tourette Syndrome and related disorders including obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorders.
$107.10
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