Getting a tic (a brief motor movement or vocalisation) is actually super common but the use of a certain social media platform is starting to create them faster and in larger numbers in groups not usually affected.

Today we look at the impact of a platform like TikTok on vulnerable minds and how a certain genre within the platform's users leads to those who already suffer from tics to be triggered.

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CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Haze Elford - Haze has Tourettes Syndrome and uses her experience to volunteer with the Tourette Syndrome Association of Australia, she is also a regular TikTok user.

Professor Russell Dale - Clinical Director of the Kids Neuroscience Centre and a paediatric neurologist based at the Children's Hospital at Westmead.

*Kyra - Mum of a young boy who developed tics

*Name changed for privacy

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Liv Proud

Audio Producer: Thom Lion

Getting a tic (a brief motor movement or vocalisation) is actually super common but the use of a certain social media platform is starting to create them faster and in larger numbers in groups not usually affected.
Today we look at the impact of a platform like TikTok on vulnerable minds and how a certain genre within the platform's users leads to those who already suffer from tics to be triggered.
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Got a topic you'd like us to cover? Send us an email at <a href="mailto:thequicky@mamamia.com.au">thequicky@mamamia.com.au</a>
CREDITS 
Host: Claire Murphy
With thanks to: 
Haze Elford - Haze has Tourettes Syndrome and uses her experience to volunteer with the <a href="https://tourette.org.au/">Tourette Syndrome Association of Australia</a>, she is also a regular TikTok user.
Professor Russell Dale - Clinical Director of the Kids Neuroscience Centre and a paediatric neurologist based at the Children's Hospital at Westmead.
*Kyra - Mum of a young boy who developed tics
*Name changed for privacy
Producer: Claire Murphy
Executive Producer: Liv Proud
Audio Producer: Thom Lion

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