Congratulations to Drs. Irene Malaty and Michael Okun on the publication of “Diagnostic Criteria for Primary Tic Disorders: Time for Reappraisal,” which appears in the June edition of Movement Disorders as a viewpoint article. The Relevance of the ProblemThe most widely applied diagnostic criteria for Tourette syndrome (TS) and…
Congratulations to Drs. Irene Malaty and Michael Okun on the publication of “Diagnosis and management of functional tic-like phenomena.” This article was published in the August 21st edition of OSF Preprints. Abstract Over the past 3 years, a global phenomenon has emerged characterized by the sudden onset and…
Congratulations Dr. Okun on the publication of “Interrogating the Genetic Determinants of Tourette’s Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders Through Genome-Wide Association Studies,” in the March issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry. Abstract Objective: Tourette’s syndrome is polygenic and highly heritable. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) approaches are useful for interrogating…
