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This is an online 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
Registration & online attendance
To confirm your participation, thank you for clicking on the "Register here!" button.
We have introduced a single, moderate registration fee, –applying also to senior professionals–, as we wish to encourage the participation of as many junior colleagues as possible. You will have the option to add a –greatly appreciated!– contribution if you wish, at payment checkout.
You will receive via email approximately 2 weeks-10 days before the event date (5 Feb) a unique link to access the live session. Kindly note that this link allows for one single connection per registered attendee.
ESSTS Members 2025 registration
Registration is free of charge for ESSTS Members who will have renewed their membership for the calendar year 2025 before the online event. They will be contacted directly with access instructions.
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
Lecturers (in alphabetical order)
- Nanette Mol Debes, MD, PhD
Nanette Mol Debes is working as a neuro-pediatrician (combined research and clinical position) at the paediatric department, Herlev University Hospital in Denmark and a clinical associate professor at the University of Copenhagen. Read more.
- Tammy Hedderly, MD
Tammy Hedderly is an acute paediatric neurologist working at Evelina London Children’s Hospital (Guys and St Thomas’) and is also an Adjunct Reader at Kings College, London. Read more.
- Kirsten Müller-Vahl, MD
Kirsten Müller-Vahl is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry, Social psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Hannover Medical School and specialist in both neurology and adult psychiatry. Read more.
- Christelle Nilles, MD
Christelle Nilles is a neurologist at the Neurology Department of the Rothschild Foundation Hospital in Paris, France and has recently completed a fellowship in movement disorders at the University of Calgary, Canada. Read more.
- Natalia Szejko, MD, PhD
Do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions! administrator@essts.org