Furthermore, they found that the symptoms often went away after the patients and families were told that they did not actually have tourettes. Reading between the lines, the behavior stopped when others no longer provided the level of attention and indulgence desired.

>patients often reported to be unable to perform unpleasable tasks because of their symptoms resulting in release from obligations at school and home, while symptoms temporarily completely remit while conducting favorite activities. Fourthly, in some patients, a rapid and complete remission occurred after exclusion of the diagnosis of Tourette syndrome.