Tourette’s and OCD: Why They So Often Appear Together
When tics and obsessions share the same brain circuits, the line between them can blur. Understanding where Tourette’s ends and OCD begins changes how both should be treated. In specialist...
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When tics and obsessions share the same brain circuits, the line between them can blur. Understanding where Tourette’s ends and OCD begins changes how both should be treated. In specialist clinic samples, roughly half of all people diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome also meet criteria for obsessive-compulsive disorder at some point in their lives. That is…
When tics and obsessions share the same brain circuits, the line between them can blur. Understanding where Tourette’s ends and OCD begins changes how both should be treated. In specialist...
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