Psychology Today | 25.10.2026 23:50
Tourette syndrome, which among other symptoms can produce simple and complex tics, verbal repetitions of what others say (echolalia), and uncontrollable outbursts of obscene language (coprolalia), affects roughly 400,000 American children and adults. Though the French neurologist Gilles de la Tourette (1857-1904) is remembered today for his description of the syndrome in 1885, he would have been quite surprised, as he considered himself a lifelong researcher in hysteria. In this post, we will explore his colorful life and see how this came about.
