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Re:Stop that It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass soci... by amelius on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @08:39AM (#33879468)
Many OCD sufferers will not agree.
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Re:Stop that It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass soci... by elil17 on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @03:40PM (#33886702)
I think they were referring to behaviors associated with mass psychogenic illness, which is probably a lot more curable than many OCD cases.
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Re:Stop that It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass soci... by nverno on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @03:13AM (#33891905)
In this case, however, the problem going away after diagnosis was one of the indicators of the psychosis.

> Fourth, in some patients, a rapid and complete remission occurred after exclusion of the diagnosis of Tourette syndrome.

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