ESSTS TS-school

TS-school

ESSTS offers a training course for TS beginners.

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

All presentations are held in English.

The invited lecturers are world-renowned TS experts including board members of ESSTS.

TS-school 2024

Varese, Italy

Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 13:00-18:00 CEST | Tiffany (or Gaudi) room, at Palace Grand Hotel Varese.

This is our 3^rd edition of the TS-school, a 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

view training course programme

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13:00-13:05

Welcome

Board/Lecturers

13:05-14:00

Assessment, including differential diagnoses

Natalia Szejko (Canada)

14:00-14:45

Comorbidity

Christelle Nilles (France)

14:45-15:15

Coffee break

(foyer area)

15:15-16:15

Treatment: pharmacological treatment, psychological intervention, deep brain stimulation

Kirsten Müller-Vahl (Germany)

16:15-17:15

How to answer FAQ from patients and families on etiology and pathophysiology of tic disorders

Tammy Hedderly (UK)

17:15-18:00

Cases: assessment and treatment

Nanette Mol Debes (Denmark)

Lecturers

Nanette Mol Debes, MD, PhD

Tammy Hedderly, MD

Christelle Nilles, MD

Natalia Szejko, MD, PhD

Kirsten Müller-Vahl, MD

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Online TS-school 2024

Live event

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

The 2^nd edition of the TS-school was held online after having received requests from colleagues who will not be able to join physically the upcoming event in Varese.

Video recording & materials

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recording & slides

Lecturers

Nanette Mol Debes, MD, PhD

Tammy Hedderly, MD

Christelle Nilles, MD

Natalia Szejko, MD, PhD

Kirsten Müller-Vahl, MD

Clinically relevant topics that were covered:

Diagnosis and definition of tic disorders

Nature of tics

Course of TS

Comorbidities

Differential diagnoses

Assessments

Pathophysiology including genetics

Treatment

view training course 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

TS-school 2023

Brussels, Belgium

Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 13:00-18:00 CEST | Congress centre of the Royal Museum for Central Africa.

The first edition of the ESSTS TS-school was held in Brussels in June 2023 and was available as an independent event both to local professionals and conference attendees.

We welcomed participants from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Poland, Slovakia and the UK.

Lecturers that joined us from the University of Calgary: