ESSTS | Webinars | Tourettic OCD: current understanding and treatment challenges of a unique endophenotype

For our 3^rd webinar, we discuss the clinically relevant, but previously understudied topic of the Tourettic OCD.

While many patients with TS have co-existing obsessive-compulsive traits, the underlying mechanisms which are common in the spectrum of these disorders, have been poorly investigated so far.

In this webinar, Dr Kinga Tomczak from the Harvard Medical School provides an overview of this conundrum and also points out in which way Tourettic OCD is different from OCD.

Dr Kinga Tomczak, MD, PhD, is a child neurologist and Programme Director of the Tic Disorders and Tourette Syndrome Programme at the Harvard Medical School, US. She has long standing clinical and research experience in tic disorders and is a member of the TS MDS Study Group.

Submissions are now closed

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All applications will be shared via email with ESSTS members 4 weeks prior to the upcoming board elections. The members will have a chance to review the candidacies and exercise their voting rights online on 8 June 2023.

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Wednesday, 7 February 2024, 16:00-19:00 CET

This is an online training course for TS beginners. The course is open to clinicians (physicians, psychologists, psychotherapists, nurses, medical students) and other professionals who are interested in the clinical aspects of TS).

The presentations and the Q&A session will be held in English.

All clinically relevant topics will be covered, including:

Diagnosis and definition of tic disorders

Nature of tics

Course of TS

Comorbidities

Differential diagnoses

Assessments

Pathophysiology including genetics

Treatment

Registration & online attendance

To confirm your participation, thank you for using the registration form below.

We have introduced a single, moderate registration fee of €25 –applying also to senior professionals– as we wish to encourage the participation of as many junior colleagues as possible.

You will have the option to add a –greatly appreciated!– contribution if you wish, at payment checkout.

You will receive via email approximately 2 weeks-10 days before the event date (7^th February 2024) a unique link to access the live session.

Kindly note that this link allows for one single connection per registered attendee.

ESSTS Members 2024 registration

Registration is free of charge for ESSTS Members who will have renewed their membership for the calendar year 2024 at least 24 hours before the online event.

Programme

16:00-16:30

Assessment, including differential diagnoses

16:30-17:00

Comorbidities

17:00-17:30

Treatment; pharmacological treatment, psychological intervention, deep brain stimulation

17:30-18:00

Clinical cases; assessment and treatment

18:00-19:00

Live Q&A session

Lecturers

Nanette Mol Debes, MD, PhD

Tammy Hedderly, MD

Christelle Nilles, MD

Natalia Szejko, MD, PhD

Kirsten Müller-Vahl, MD

Registration form

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Meet our country hosts and co-organisers for 2024, Professors Cristiano Termine and Andrea Cavanna, from the University of Insubria and University of Birmingham respectively.
Discover the spectacular destination where we shall meet again next summer!

Our thoughts and best wishes go out to our fellow Italians, Spaniards and British mates.

Invited speakers

La TS-school è un evento satellite rispetto alla 16ª Conferenza Internazionale su Disturbi da tic e Sindrome di Tourette.

Questa è la terza edizione della TS-school, un corso di formazione per coloro che vogliono apprendere maggiori informazioni in merito alla Sindrome di Tourette. Il corso è aperto a diverse figure professionali (medici, psicologi, infermieri, specializzandi, studenti di medicina) e altri professionisti interessati agli aspetti clinici della Sindrome di Tourette.