The Phenomenology of Tics in Adults: Data From the Calgary and Paris Adult Tic Disorders Registry. [PDF]
The two most common tics in adults with Tourette syndrome (TS) are simple eye blinking and simple head movements, which are present in more than 50% of adults with TS. ABSTRACT Introduction This study investigated the phenomenology of tics in adults with primary tic disorders (Tourette syndrome, persistent motor or phonic tic disorders) and how these ...
Nilles C +9 more
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Мiryachit: A Culture-Specific Startle Syndrome in the Saami People. [PDF]
Abstract Background Miryachit is perhaps the most complex and least understood of the culture‐specific startle syndromes that include latah and the jumping Frenchmen of Maine. Objectives We carried out a field study to evaluate startle‐induced paroxysms in the Saami to determine if it is still endemic and, if so, to contrast it with the available ...
Selikhova M +3 more
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Symptom Network Analysis in a Large Sample of Children and Adults with a Chronic Tic Disorder. [PDF]
Abstract Background Chronic tic disorders (CTD) are multifaceted disorders characterized by multiple motor and/or vocal tics. They are often associated with complex tics including echophenomena, paliphenomena, and coprophenomena as well as psychiatric comorbidities such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obsessive‐compulsive ...
Forlim CG +5 more
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Misophonia in Tic Disorders and Their Neuropsychiatric Associations. [PDF]
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, Volume 12, Issue 6, Page 858-859, June 2025.
Balachandar A +5 more
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What are the Key Phenomenological Clues to Diagnose Functional Tic-Like Behaviors in the Pandemic Era? [PDF]
Abstract Background Functional tic‐like behaviors (FTLBs) can be difficult to distinguish from tics. Objectives To describe the phenomenology of FTLBs in youth and assess the movements and vocalizations most suggestive of the diagnosis. Methods We compared the phenomenology of tics between youth (<20 yr) with FTLBs and with primary tics from our ...
Nilles C +4 more
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Testing the specificity of phenomenological criteria for functional tic-like behaviours in youth with Tourette syndrome. [PDF]
Abstract Background and purpose The aim was to test the specificity of phenomenological criteria for functional tic‐like behaviours (FTLBs). The European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome (ESSTS) criteria for the diagnosis of FTLBs include three major criteria: age at symptom onset ≥12 years, rapid evolution of symptoms and specific ...
Nilles C, Martino D, Pringsheim T.
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This study aims to classify the characteristics of Culture-Bound Syndrome in Acehnese speakers from the perspective of Socio-Psycholinguistics, particularly in Aceh Besar, Pidie, and Aceh Utara by comparing gender, age, and the education level of the ...
Budi Rizka, Lismalinda Lismalinda
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Chronic Conditions:Beckett, Bergson and Samuel Johnson [PDF]
This article analyses the work of the twentieth-century late modernist Samuel Beckett, in light of the turn-of-the-century anti-rationalist Henri Bergson (1859-1941) and the eighteenth-century neoclassicist Samuel Johnson (1709-1784).
Maude, Ulrika
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Functional tics, the pandemic and social media
Functional tics form a part, albeit a small proportion, of the wider spectrum of functional neurological disorders (FND). In this review, we focus on the recent increase in presentations of functional tics since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Neil Ramsay, Vicky Marshall, Jon Stone
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Stigma in youth with Tourette's syndrome: a systematic review and synthesis [PDF]
Tourette's syndrome (TS) is a childhood onset neurodevelopmental disorder, characterised by tics. To our knowledge, no systematic reviews exist which focus on examining the body of literature on stigma in association with children and adolescents with TS.
Forrester-Jones, Rachel +2 more
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