Tourette Effect On Family

Tourette’s disorder does not just impact the individual but also their family and community. A number of children and adults with this disorder reported experiencing social and family problems, academic difficulties, and pain relating to major tic-related morbidity (Budman, 2014). The tics have been shown to be burdensome and even physically painful for many with this disorder (Schoeder & Remer, 2007). If early interventions do not occur, an individual is at an increase risk of experiencing long-term negative life outcomes including psychosocial impairments (Sulkowski, McGuire, & Tesoro, 2016). For example, individuals with this disorder have been reported to have lower ratings of overall emotional well-being then those who do not have this