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In the mid-19th century, a French physician reported the bizarre behaviour of a young aristocratic woman who would suddenly, without warning, erupt in a startling fit of obscene shouts and curses. Tourette syndrome is a set of behavours, including recurrent ticcing and involuntary shouting (sometimes cursing) as well as obsessive-compulsive actions. The history of this syndrome, as described in this text, reveals how cultural and medical assumptions have determined and radically altered its characterization and treatment from the early-19th century to the late 1990s. This text traces the problematic classification through three distinct but overlapping stories: that of the claims of medical knowledge, that of patients' experiences, and that of cultural expectations and assumptions. Earlier research asserted that the bizarre ticcing and impromptu vocalizations were psychological - resulting from sustained bad habits or lack of self-control. However, now patients exhibiting these behaviours are seen as suffering from a neurological disease and generally are treated with drug therapy.

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Book category Books in English Medicine Medicine: general issues History of medicine

• Full title: Cursing Brain?
• Subtitle: The Histories of Tourette Syndrome
• Author: Howard I. Kushner
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780674003866
• ISBN: 9780674003866
• ID: 06464011
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Weight: 492 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 164 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. September 2000

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