Why Some Individuals With Tourette Syndrome Experience Assault and Perpetrate Criminal Behavior

Davide Martino^{1

2

3}, James F Leckman⁴, Michael S Okun^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
² Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
³ Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁴ Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, University of Florida Health, Gainesville.
⁶ Associate Editor, JAMA Neurology.

Comment

Davide Martino et al. JAMA Neurol. 2022.

. 2022 May 1;79(5):442-444.

doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.5541.

Davide Martino^{1

2

3}, James F Leckman⁴, Michael S Okun^{5

6}

¹ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
² Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
³ Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
⁴ Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases, University of Florida Health, Gainesville.
⁶ Associate Editor, JAMA Neurology.

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