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Tourette Syndrome
and Human Behavior
By: David E. Comings, M.D.

 

Tourette syndrome is a common, hereditary behavioral disorder that provides enormous insight into how we and our children behave and misbehave, why some of us can't read, learn, or pay attention, compulsively do things including over eating and abusing drugs, alcohol, spouses and children, are angry, short-tempered, anxious, afraid, depressed, or feel different and all alone. This book is written for both the general reader and the health or education professional as a guide to the exciting world of the genetics and chemistry of behavior.

This 828 page book is packed with information on all aspects of Tourette syndrome, the diagnosis; chapters on ADHD, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, conduct disorder, learning disorders and dyslexia, sexual problems, phobias, anxiety attacks, depression, mood swings, addictive behaviors (alcoholism, drug abuse, compulsive eating with obesity), sleep and other problems; genetics; structure and chemistry of the brain, role of dopamine and serotonin in behavior; detailed chapters on all the medications used and their side effects; psychological treatment and school problems.

 

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Tourette Syndrome and Human Behavior - Book Contents

 

 

    · PART I - INTRODUCTION

      1. The Spectrum of Tourette Syndrome

      2. Gilles de la Tourette

      3. The Diagnosis

 

      4. The Motor Tics

      5. The Vocal Tics

      6. The Swearing

      7. Characteristics of the Tics

    · PART II - GENETICS

      8. A Very Brief Course in Genetics

      9. Pedigrees

      10. Types of Inheritance

 

      11. The Genetics of Tourette Syndrome

      12. Are Girls Smarter than Boys?

      13. Linkage and DNA Markers

    · PART III - BEHAVIOR

      14. What's Wrong with My Son?

      15. A Controlled Study of Tourette Syndrome

      16. Attention Deficit Disorder

      17. The Genetics of Attention Deficit Disorder

      18. ADHD Children Grown Up

      19. ADHD in Adults

      20. ADHD in Tourette Syndrome

      21. Learning Disorders and Dyslexia

      22. Obsessions, Compulsions, and Repetitive Actions

      23. Conduct - A Mother's Story

      24. Conduct

      25. The Genetics of Bad Conduct

      26. Sex and Exhibitionism

      27. Phobias

      28. Panic attacks

      29. Depression

      30. Mania and Manic Depressive Disorder

 

      31. Schizoid Behaviors

      32. The Symptoms and Genetics of Schizophrenia

      33. Autism

      34. Borderline Personality - Life on the Edge of Sanity

      35. Alcoholism - Born to Drink?

      36. Obesity - Born to Eat?

      37. Pathological Gambling

      38. Periodic Behaviors in Tourette Syndrome

      39. Bedwetting and Soiling - Enuresis and Encopresis

      40. Sleep Problems

      41. Excesive Drinking of Fluids - Polydipsia

      42. ADHD Secondary to a TS Gene

      43. Physical and Sexual Abuse

      44. Homozygotes, Selective Bias and Gene Selection

      45. Miscellaneous Features

      46. The Positive Features of Tourette Syndrome

    · PART IV - THE CAUSE

      47. The Anatomy of the Brain

      48. Communication between Nerves-The Neurotransmitters

      49. The Limbic System

      50. Memory and Learning

      51. The Prefrontal Cortex and Frontal Lobe Syndromes

      52. Dopamine - The Regulator of Motor Activity

      53. Dopamine Receptors

      54. Dopamine and Human Behavior

      55. Dopamine and Animal Behavior

      56. Dopamine and the Frontal Lobes

      57. Dopamine and Tourette Syndrome

      58. Norepinephrine - The Modulator

       

      59. Serotonin - The Great Inhibitor

      60. Serotonin Receptors

      61. Serotonin and Human Behavior

      62. Serotonin and Animal Behavior

      63. Serotonin and Tourette Syndrome

      64. Is Tryptophan the Key?

      65. GABA - Another Great Inhibitor

      66. Opium, Opiates, and Endorphins

      67. Autism Again - Causes

      68. The Dance of the Neurotransmitters 69. The Semidominant Inheritance of Tourette Syndrome

      70. Personality

      71. Pleasure and Addiction

    · PART V - TREATMENT

      72. Why Drugs?

      73. Some General Principles about Medications

      74. Haloperidol

      75. Pimozide

      76. Other Phenothiazines

      77. Tardive Dyskinesia

      78. Clonidine

      79. Treatment of ADHD

 

      80. Ritalin and Dexadrine

      81. The Use of Stimulants in Tourette Syndrome

      82. Imipramine

      83. Other Medications

      84. Non-prescription treatments

      85. Psychotherapy

      86. School

 

 

    · PART VI - CONCLUSIONS

      87. Pedigrees

      88. How Common is Tourette Syndrome?

      89. The Natural History of Tourette Syndrome

      90. Some Sample Pedigrees

      91 Chaos and Human Behavior

      92. Controlled Family Studies

      93. Why is the Diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome Often Missed?

 

      94. Will My Child Have Tourette Syndrome?

      95. Genetic versus Psychological Causes

      96. The Cortex and the Subcortex. The Superego and the Id

      97. Ethical Issues

      98. The Cloning of Tryptophan Oxygenase

      99. Closing the Logic Loop

· PART VII - SUMMARY

· PART VIII - GLOSSARY

· PART IX - BIBLIOGRAPHY

· PART X - APPENDIX

· PART XI - INDEX

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What Reviewers Have Said

"The excitment of Tourette Syndrome and Human Behavior is a result not only of its insights into Tourette syndrome but of their relevance to our understanding human behavior and neuropsychiatric disturbance. The implications for the behavioral sciences and the practice of adult and child psychiatry are profound. This voume is highly recommended for all students of human behavior."

    --Jeffrey Sverd, M.D.
    Director, Inpatient Psychiatry, Sagamore Children's Hosptal,
    Sagamore, N.Y.


"This book is remarkable in its scope and most importantly, well written and easily readable. It will be very useful to a wide variety of professionals including physicians, nurses, special educators, psychologists, patients and parents. I highly recommend it to persons interested in learning more about Tourette syndrome and human behavior in general.

    -- Larry Burd, Ph.D.
    Medical Center Rehabilitation Hospital,
    University of North Dakota


"A masterful production that should be read by every professional engaged in medical practice, psychiatry, nursing or special education....invaluable for patients and their families."

    -- Health and Nutrition Review


"Best Healthbook of the Year"

    -- North American Book Dealers Exchange


"A masterbook"

    -- J. Lejuene Annuals Genetique

 

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