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The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
TV Movie | 47 min | Documentary

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The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)

TV Movie | 47 min | Documentary

In October 2011 in the tiny town of Le Roy, New York, a handful of teenage girls from the same high school suddenly developed symptoms that looked like Tourette's syndrome; facial twitching, violent limb gestures and uncontrollable verbal ...See moreIn October 2011 in the tiny town of Le Roy, New York, a handful of teenage girls from the same high school suddenly developed symptoms that looked like Tourette's syndrome; facial twitching, violent limb gestures and uncontrollable verbal outbursts. The epidemic strangely seemed to affect only teenage girls and resulted in panicked parents and theories coming in thick and fast. Some doctors who saw the girls believed they were victims of conversion disorder, where real physical symptoms - in this case tics - are triggered not by a physical cause, but by psychological trauma. However this solution didn't convince all the families, who claimed their perfect girls, from cheerleaders to high-achievers, were from stable backgrounds and couldn't possibly be suffering from anything 'in the mind'. Written by Channel 4 See less

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Tamsin Greig Self / Narrator Self / Narrator See fewer	Green Wing (2004)
Lori Brownell Self Self See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
Tosha Brownell Self / Lori's Mother Self / Lori's Mother See fewer	Off Limits (2012)
Katie Krautwurst Self Self See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
Beth Miller Self / Katie's Mother Self / Katie's Mother See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
Jennifer McVige Self / Neurologist Self / Neurologist See fewer	ABC News Nightline (1979)
Lydia Parker Self Self See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
Rosario Trefiletti Self / Pediatric Neurologist Self / Pediatric Neurologist See fewer	Live - Non è la D'Urso (2019)
Erin Brockovich-Ellis Self Self See fewer	Erin Brockovich (2000)
Lana Clark Self Self See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
Kim Cox Self / School Superintendent Self / School Superintendent See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
Stephan Cox Narrator Narrator See fewer	Pink Pill (2013)
Susan Dominus Self / Journalist NY Times Self / Journalist NY Times See fewer	Making Sh*t Up (2011)
James Dupont Self Self See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
Marge Fitzsimmons Self Self See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
Christopher K. Hayward Self / Chief of Police Leroy Self / Chief of Police Leroy See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
Jack Hempfling Self / Pastor Leroy Self / Pastor Leroy See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
Laszlo Mechtler Self / Physician Self / Physician See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
Don Miller Self / Katie's Father Self / Katie's Father See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
Heather Parker Self / Lydia's Mother Self / Lydia's Mother See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)
Thera Sanchez Self Self See fewer	The Town That Caught Tourette's (2012)