Tag: Tourettes
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary motor tics and, sometimes, vocal tics. In Tourette syndrome, the neurotransmitter, dopamine is produced in excess in the nerve cells, causing the caudate nucleus to be inundated with the extra dopamine.
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Tourette's Syndrome: Child Patient Case Study
Nursing Case Studies
Case Description John is a fourteen-year-old male middle school student, who has a history of blinking, shoulder shrugging, sniffing, vocalization, and whistling. He was presented to the school counse...
Last modified: 18th May 2020
Overview of Tourette Syndrome
Nursing Essays
Nikki Allen Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary motor tics and, sometimes, vocal tics (Walkup, 2013). The syndrome is named after the French medical schol...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
ADHD: Context, Effects and Models of Intervention
Nursing Essays
Examining Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Introduction Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has been recently acknowledged as a condition that affects the whole life experience of...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
