John's Not Mad
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John's Not Mad was a QED documentary made by the BBC in 1989. It was ranked, in a British public poll, as one of 50 Greatest Documentaries.
The film shadowed John Davidson, a fifteen year old from Galashiels in Scotland, who had severe Tourette syndrome. John's life was explored in terms of his family and the close-knit community around him, and how they all coped with a misunderstood condition.
The documentary achieved a cult status soon after it was first aired and, contrary to the "possible good intentions of the film crew, it has been seen as some sort of comedy classic". [1]
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| Topics related to Tourette syndrome | ||
| Main | Causes and origins | History | Sociological and cultural aspects | Treatment | |
|---|---|---|
| Terms | Coprolalia | Copropraxia | Echolalia | Echopraxia | Palilalia | Sensory phenomena |Tic | Tic disorder | Tourettism | |
| History | Jean-Martin Charcot | Georges Gilles de la Tourette | Jean Marc Gaspard Itard | Arthur K. Shapiro | |
| Organizations | Tourette Syndrome Association | Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada | |
| Media | I Have Tourette's But Tourette's Doesn't Have Me | John's Not Mad | |
| Notable people | Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf |Howard Ahmanson, Jr | Brad Cohen | Jim Eisenreich | Tim Howard | Samuel Johnson | Andre Malraux | Tobias Picker | Michael Wolff | |
