“I swear it’s not Tourette’s!” - it is time to rethink coprolalia in Tourette syndrome

Frontiers in Psychiatry | New and Recent Articles ·
Mind & Mental Health Switzerland

Coprolalia is a relatively rare type of complex vocal tic in people with Tourette syndrome (TS). In the general population, however, it is believed that coprolalia is the most typical and common symptom resulting in the stereotype of TS as the “swearing disease”. Swearing, however, also occurs as a “normal” expression of negative emotions and thus occurs more often in people with impulse control…

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