JAMA Article Says Strep Does NOT Trigger Tourette's or OCD

[emma1]

Did anyone else see the JAMA article published today that claims the following: Group A streptococcal infections do not appear to trigger Tourette syndrome (TS) or obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a case-control study by researchers in England, a finding at odds with some smaller studies conducted in the United States (Schrag A et al. Neurology. doi:10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181bd10fd [published online ahead of print September 30, 2009])?

 

I (of course) totally disagree!

[sf_mom]

What a waste of time and money for that study.... they went into a database of records looking for documentation of strep infections prior to onset of OCD and Tourette's. Just another way to deny people help!

[EAMom]

yeah, there was a thread on that stupid study a little while back.