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tic disorder

Tic disorders are characterized by the persistent presence of tics, which are abrupt, repetitive involuntary movements and sounds that have been described as caricatures of normal physical acts. The tics can become violent or embarrassing as seen in some cases. Complex motor tics involve slower, longer, and more purposeful movements like sustained looks, facial gestures, biting, banging, whirling or twisting around, or copropraxia (obscene gestures). Tourette's disorder is three to four times more common in males than females. Tic disorders have been reported in people of all races, ethnic groups, and socioeconomic classes.

 

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Explore FP!! thanks all

 

alright, so ive officially decided all the crazies go to Florida. First the bi polar guy who lived down the street from my grandma who gets himself shot and killed shouting he has a bomb in an airport, now this .

 

Its actually quite interesting to me being in the midst of this project about mental illnesses... the mother claimed her son had been diagnosed psychotic (so he was not mentally stable). This was his first 'episode'. Yet he was shot and killed upon the police's arrival at the house. Shouldnt he have been admitted to a mental hospital? It almost reminds me of Changeling. Its all quite strange... my grandma actually knows this guys older brothers. Small world.

 

bytheway, this was one photo, not 3 merged together.

 

day 130

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Uploaded on August 6, 2009
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