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Types of TS
TS can be classified into roughly three types, corresponding to three levels of severity and complexity. Attention deficit disorder (ADHD) and obsessive compulsive behaviours (OCB) often occur together with TS, and make it even harder to deal with.
This is illustrated in the table below.
pure tourettes full blown tourettes tourettes plus
OCB or OCD
ADHD
depression
anxiety
SIB
sleep disorders
personality disorders
other psychopathology
conduct disorder
paliphenomena paliphenomena
echophenomena echophenomena
copropraxia/coprolalia copropraxia/coprolalia
NOSI NOSI
movement and movement and movement and
sound tics only sound tics sound tics
The table is a general guide, and should be treated with caution. Tics and behaviours vary widely, and it is perfectly possible, for example, to have OCB and sleep disorders without coprolalia.
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