MEETINGS
...the "teaser"
Catania, Italy
5th European Conference on Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders
It's official, ESSTS' first Virtual Meeting was successfully launched on 22 April 2021.
We called it a "teaser" Meeting, for it was only the beginning and we were thrilled to welcome attendees from all around Europe and North America!
We opted for a hybrid format that combined recently recorded interviews & presentations with live content. The new ESSTS Board had the opportunity to introduce themselves after the September 2020 elections, invited speakers Per Andrén from Sweden and Davide Martino from Canada (despite the cruel time difference and while relying on snowstorm-compromised signal!) joined us as well for a live Q & A session, moderated by Cara Verdellen and our Vice Chair Nanette Mol Debes.
A heartfelt thank you to James Leckman who attended our meeting and accepted our invitation to appear live ...impromptu and take questions.
Feel free to get in touch if you need fore information.
Programme
- Welcome online! Introduction by ESSTS Chair, Kirsten Müller-Vahl and presentation of the new Board
- Interview with James Leckman (30 min)
- Update on immunology in Tourette Syndrome/tics, by Davide Martino (20 min)
- Update on Behavioural Therapy in Tourette Syndrome by Per Andrén (20 min)
- Best papers of 2019 by Kevin Black (40 min)
- Live Q&A session with the Davide Martino (moderator: Nanette Mol Debes) & Per Andrén (moderator: Cara Verdellen)
Invited speakers
Behavioural therapy goodie
BT updates, a summary of treatment guidelines and new studies on BT for Tourette Syndrome & chronic tic disorders
Clinical psychologist and PhD student at Karolinska Institutet Per Andrén, has kindly made available to our attendees and now to all interested parties the slides of his presentation. Feel free to download!
WATCH THE RECORDING
Did you miss it? Do you miss it? Off we go! 😎
A warm welcome...
Here, invited guitarist Michael Seubert trying to keep-up with Kirsten's superior technique at the opening ceremony!
The unstoppable Mary Robertson greets ESSTS from mid-Atlantic!
to "T" or not to "T"?
Awards
Awards
This year, for the first time, the audience voted directly for the awards.
Paula Viefhaus
Efficacy of a Resource Activation Treatment in Children with Chronic Tic Disorders – A Within-Subject Analysis
Leanne Hockey
Attention and inhibition in Tourette’s Syndrome
Juan Carlos Baldermann
Stimulation-dependent functional connectivity of effective deep brain stimulation for Tourette Syndrome
Anne Gersdorff Korsgaard
Per ANDREN
Clinical and cost-effectiveness of Internet-delivered behaviour therapy for children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome: Protocol for a single-blind randomised controlled trial in Sweden
Fotis tsetsos
Genome-wide association study of Tourette investigates the genetic determinants of Tourette and implicates neuronal and synaptic processes
Maria HADJI-MICHAEl
Alexithymia and interoception in children with Tourette syndrome: A clinical audit
Martina HAAS
YGTSS: A critical look at the psychometric quality of the gold standard based on EMTICS data
Ewgeni JAKUBOVSKI
ABX-1431, A First-in-Class Endocannabinoid Modulator, Improves Tics in Adult Patients with Tourette Syndrome
Laura BELJAARS
ESSTS Patient Groups: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
Mayaan HALEVI
“Tic Attacks” in Tourette Syndrome
Yarisa Nicola PIRIS
Sexuality and Tourette Syndrome: The impact of sexual self-esteem on sexual practices. Pilot study.
Chloe TAYLOR
A case study of a child with complex TS treated with intensive CBIT and close school liaison