Interview with the Specialists Last December, I had the chance to sit down with the Doctors of the UCLA Childhood OCD, Anxiety and Tic Disorder Clinic. If you are like me and research every nuance about Tourette Syndrome, you will recognize the names. Dr. John Piacentini, Dr. Erika Nurmi and Dr. Susanna Chang are the physicians who research Tourette Syndrome and the other disorders that link up with TS. They work with another big name in the TS world, Dr. James McCracken. I have always wished I could ask these experts everything about Tourettes and get some real answers. Here is what I found out. Why can't families who have a child with TS get better care? The reality is that Tourette Syndrome is considered a relatively rare neurological disorder. Federal scientific agencies such as the National Institute of Health (NIH) along with the CDC estimate the prevalence rate of 0.3%; about 1 child in 360. Therefore, funds to support research, education and tra...
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