19th IACAPAP Lunch & Learn Webinar

^{Note: This webinar has been scheduled to accommodate the time zone of the Asia Pacific region.}

Tourette syndrome (TS) is not a unitary condition but heterogeneous in clinical presentation, course, treatment response and longitudinal outcomes. While the precise mechanisms underlying GTS are yet to be understood, most people with GTS also experience associated co-morbidities including obsessive-compulsive behaviour/disorder (OCB/OCD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Autism. These comorbidities may provide valuable clues to the pathogenesis of these overlapping and yet distinct neurodevelopmental disorders. In this regard, potential neuronal circuitry involvement linking genetic architecture with the clinical phenotypes and gender dependent differences in the phenotypic expression may be further influenced by pre and perinatal and immunological factors that serve as ‘second hits’. Thus, the presence of commonly encountered co-morbidities may indicate different aetiological pathways or shared molecular genetic involvement further shaped by environmental factors affecting development across diagnostic boundaries which has important implications for management.
 

Valsa is Professor and Chair of Child Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney and Clinical Academic at South-Western Sydney Health District. She is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Leadership Fellow focussing on research into neurodevelopmental disorders and leads the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in child and family health. Valsa is also Chair, Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry (RANZCP); Co-Chair, Section on Developing countries and Oceania Zonal representative, World Psychiatric Association (WPA); and Treasurer and President Elect, International Neuropsychiatric Association (INA). Valsa has >450 publications and is part of research grants totalling >A$40Million.

Important note

1. The IACAPAP webinar will be held at different times to accommodate attendees and members from various regions. The 19th IACAPAP Lunch & Learn Webinar is scheduled to cater to the Asia Pacific region's time zone. 

2. The webinar is open for members of IACAPAP (Individual Members and Individuals within IACAPAP Full Member organisation and Affiliate Member organisation).  

3. This webinar will be conducted virtually via Zoom. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required in advance. Seats are limited, and it's based on a first come, first served. E-certificate of attendance will be provided to those who have attended and completed the survey at the end of the webinar. Please be advised that the survey for the webinar will be displayed in the browser ONLY after the webinar has ended.

4. For more information on IACAPAP Membership, please visit https://iacapap.org/membership/ or contact info@iacapap.org.