I learned that this version of Tourette is called coprolalia and, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it “only affects about 1 in 10 people with Tourette.” It is not ...

An example of a complex vocal tic is shouting of profanities or obscenities, so called coprolalia, but this is actually present in less than a third of all patients. Tourette syndrome is often ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant public health concern in Canada, with falls, blows to the head, car ...

Fallacy. Some believe that coprolalia or emotional disturbance must be present to define the disorder. In fact, few patients with TS have coprolalia, and, even in those who do, it may be only ...

Coprolalia – outbursts of obscene language – only affects around ten per cent of Tourette’s sufferers. Tics an be small and simple such as blinking or clearing your throat. Others can be a ...

It's not malicious but I assume it feels that way to others. Image credits: Glowingtomato I have Tourette's, including coprolalia/swearing tics. I'm very lucky though, because I seem to fit in ...

Sadly, many will associate Tourette’s Syndrome, first described in 1885 by the French physician Gilles de la Tourette, with involuntary swearing or coprolalia to use its medical name.

1. It's rare to swear Contrary to popular belief, a massive 90% of people with Tourettes don't have coprolalia - the clinical term for involuntary swearing. Tourettes Action points out that the ...

Sadly, many will associate Tourette’s Syndrome, first described in 1885 by the French physician Gilles de la Tourette, with involuntary swearing or coprolalia to use its medical name.