Living with Tourette's syndrome.
Illnesses in children are difficult enough, but for children and adolescents with Tourette's syndrome, the emergence of unwelcome motor and vocal tics in social situations can lead to not only embarrassment, but also increased self-consciousness, social isolation, thoughts of persecution, and physical pain. This article offers an overview of Tourette's syndrome and focuses on DSM-IV-TR criteria, severity, prevalence and course, etiology and epidemiology, indications for medications, psychosocial therapies, and nursing implications.
Rindner
Ellen C
EC
University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. erindner@kumc.edu
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology