'Mind the Kids': an ACAMH podcast · The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Mind the Kids - Tics: Education, Education, Education

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The shop assistant said 'you don't have Tourette's, you're not swearing' - a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Two clinical psychologists provide an accessible and deeply informative discussion about Tourette's syndrome, sparked by the BAFTA-winning film I Swear. They carefully distinguish between functional tics and neurological tics associated with Tourette's, explain coprolalia (socially taboo verbal tics affecting only 5-15% of people with Tourette's), and discuss the recent BAFTA incident where John Davidson's tic produced a racial slur near Black actors on stage, exploring the complex emotional and ethical dimensions with remarkable sensitivity.

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