ESSTS Hannover 2019 Report

Posted on 30 May 2019 by Pippa McClounan

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TA Research Manager, Seonaid Anderson, summarises the informative 3 days spent with professionals from all over the world, who gathered to discuss treatments and research about TS.

May 2019 saw the 12th European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome conference (ESSTS). This year it was held in Hannover in Germany. It was a great success and there is a conference webpage where you can read about the conference and see photos. There is also an abstract book and a ‘look’ book – so you can really feel as if you had been there!

The prizes awarded this year were as follows:

Best Oral Presentation Awards

1st prize: Fotis TSETSOS
2nd prize: Maria HADJI-MICHAEL
3rd prize: Martina HAAS

Best e-Poster Presentation Awards

1st prize: Ewgeni JAKUBOVSKI
2nd prize: Laura BELJAARS
3rd prize: Mayaan HALEVI, Yarisa Nicola PIRIS, Chloe TAYLOR

Mary Robertson Award

Per ANDREN

As well as being a conference for the clinical, academic and researchers of Tourette Syndrome from around the world, it is also a chance for the representatives of the Patients Associations to meet. Clinicians at the conference had the opportunity to develop their skills in Behavioural therapy for tic disorders and learned about third wave approaches and supporting coexisting conditions in behavioural therapy.

As part of the conference Dr Seonaid Anderson, research manager at Tourettes Action in the UK, was able to co-author three posters and a presentation about pain from the survey responses that YOU the Tourettes Action supporters had given. Thank you!

If you have any questions please contact Suzanne Dobson.

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