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Clinics

This picture is misleading. It is actually Mary Robertson -- brilliant clinician, gifted writer, and mother to a renowned TS Clinic in the UK -- who dwarfs ME!! :-) July, 2001 (Toronto, ON, Canada)

As a good night's sleep is a "bedrock" strategy to coping with TS and other disinhibition conditions, sleep clinics in your community should be considered as well as the clinics listed below.

CANADA

EDMONTON, AB (Canada) -- Tourette's Clinic

• Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
• 327-10230 111 Ave. Edmonton, AB, T5G 0B7
• Main telephone: 780-471-2262
• Dr. Alan Carroll’s office: 780-471-7939 (Director)
• Outpatient appointments: 780-471-7928
• Fax: 780-471-8246

-outpatient, day-patient, and in-patient services are available.

 

HALIFAX, NS (Canada) -- Tourette's Clinic

• IWK Grace Health Centre 8th Floor (Joe Dooley, Director)
• 5850 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, B3J 3G9
• Phone:    (902) 428-8488
• email: dooley@ac.dal.ca
• URL: http://www.iwkgrace.ns.ca/ caringforchildren/visitingaclinic_camh.htm

 

LONDON, ON (Canada) --

• The "Brake Shop" service for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders, Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI)
• 600 Sanatorium Road, London, ON
• Phone: (519) 858.2774 ext. 2025 (clinic secretary)
• URL: http://www.cpri.ca (click on "Clinics" and then "Brake Shop")

 

OTTAWA, ON (Canada) -- The Child and Family Clinic

• Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

-Dr. Armand Boisjolie (613.738.6990) and Dr. Martine Jaworski (613.236.9344) both see patients and consult with family physicians.

 

SCARBOROUGH, ON -- The Shoniker Clinic

• Youth and Family Mental Health Services (Centenary Hospital)
• 2877 Ellesmere Road, Scarborough, ON, M1E 4C1
• Phone: (416) 281-7301

 

TORONTO, ON -- Tourette Syndrome Clinic

• Toronto Western Hospital (Paul Sandor, Director)
• 3D-047 Edith Cavell Wing, 399 Bathurst St.
• Phone: (416) 603-5794
• Fax:    (416) 603-5180
• email: regi.eastman@uhn.on.ca
• URL: http://www.uhn.ca/Clinics_&_Services

  /clinics/tourettes.asp

 

VICTORIA, BC -- Children's Hospital Neuropsychiatry Clinic

• Phone: (250) 477-1826
• URL: Tourette syndrome: minimizing confusion. Concepts applicable to an understanding of Tourette's and comorbid disorders that are often unavailable in books
  http://www.tourette-confusion.blogspot.com

 

WINNIPEG, MA -- Tourette Syndrome Clinic

• St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Phone: (204) 237-2690
• URL: http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/
  psychiatry/programs/program_ca/
  sbgh_child_adolescent.html

-staff consists of a psychiatrist, social worker, psychologist, registered psychiatric nurse, occupational therapist, educational liaisons, clerical staff and a research director.

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USA

Cincinnati, OH (USA) -- Movement Disorders Clinic

• Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229-30393013
• Email: Tics@chmcc.org

-this clinic is directed by Don Gilbert, M.D., and includes a neurologist, psychologist, and two nurses. Dr. Gilbert's recognition of TS as requiring a multi-faceted treatment approach, looking at the biological, environmental, and psychological contributions, was very impressive to me.

 

GRANDVIEW, MO (USA) -- Joshua Child and Family Development Center

• 13013 Fuller Ave., Suite C, Grandview, MO 64030
• Voice: (816) 763-7605
• Fax: (816) 763-1802
• Email: info@joshuacenter.com
• URL: http://www.joshuacenter.com

-a phenomenal collection of information, professional services, publications, resources, and camps based in Missouri, USA!

 

LONG ISLAND, NY (USA) -- Western Suffolk Psychological Services

• 755 New York Avenue, Suite 200, Huntington, Long Island, New York, 11743
• URL: http://www.wspsdocs.com

-specializing in the treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and related conditions, including Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Trichotillomania, as well as Tourette's Disorder, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and all forms of Mood and Anxiety Disorders in adults, adolescents, and children.

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