Tourette’s Syndrome Most people know of the disorder called Tourette’s syndrome from how it is shown on television. They are depicted as those people that just yell and curse all the time and twitch every once in a while. The thing is, they are much more than this portrayal that we see in the media. Tourette’s is a complex disorder that has a range of symptoms that are different in each case. It is to be noted that they are just as normal as everyone else, they just have a few tics and other things that make them a bit different. History of Tourette’s Syndrome Tourette’s Syndrome (TS), also known as Tourette Syndrome, Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome, or Tourette’s disorder, is a condition that comes from a malfunction of the brain, and from genetics as well (Collins & Olive, 2010, p. 3). This disorder was found in the year 1885 by Georges Gilles de la …show more content…
One of these conditions may be Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) (Collins & Olive, 2010, p. 64). In Torn Apart, Cory Friedman suffers from TS, OCD, and anxiety disorder, but mainly the first two disorders (Friedman & Patterson, 2008, p. 265). Another disorder would be attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, which tends to be the most common in those with Tourette’s (Collins & Olive, 2010, p. 61). Depression may also become a part of those with TS, as Collins and Olive (2010) state in their book: Depression is common among people with Tourette syndrome, occurring in as much as 75 percent of these patients…In Tourette syndrome, depression is often caused by the demoralizing nature of tics. Children or adolescents with tics often tend to be perceived as “different” or “freaks”, are often bullied, and are themselves extremely frustrated with their inability to control their tics and feeling different with their inability to control their tics and feeling different from their fellow students (p.