Effectiveness of ‘Tackle Your Tics’, a brief, intensive group-based exposure therapy programme for children with tic disorders: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2022 Introduction This paper outlines the study protocol for the Dutch Tackle Your Tics study in youth with tic disorders. Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorders are prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders, placing considerable burden on youth and their ...
Danielle Cath +9 more
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Chronic Tic Disorders in Youth: Clinical Phenotypes and Response to Pharmacological Treatment with Aripiprazole [PDF]
ChildrenBackground/Objectives: Tic disorders are neurodevelopmental conditions often associated with comorbidities like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Our aims were: (a) in a sample of youth with tic disorders
Francesca Falcone +8 more
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Prolonged screen time is associated with increased severity of tic symptoms in children with tic disorders [PDF]
Italian Journal of PediatricsBackground Recent studies have emphasized the association between prolonged screen exposure and neurodevelopmental disorders, though its correlation with tic disorders (TDs) remains ambiguous.
Zakaria Ahmed Mohamed +5 more
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Oral aripiprazole in the treatment of tic disorders in China: a cost-effectiveness analysis based on a mapping algorithm derived from a Chinese children and adolescents population [PDF]
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental HealthBackground Oral aripiprazole exhibits favorable clinical efficacy and safety in the suppression of tics in children and adolescents with tic disorders. This study aims to evaluate and compare the cost-effectiveness of high-dose and low-dose aripiprazole ...
Chaoxin Chen +6 more
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Noise and HealthObjective This study aimed to investigate the effects of music therapy combined with habit reversal training (HRT) on children with tic disorders. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on the clinical data of 122 children diagnosed with chronic ...
Yali Liu +4 more
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Study protocol for measuring stigmatization in persistent tic disorders: development and validation of the Tourette discrimination-stigmatization scale [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionPersistent Tic Disorders such as Tourette Syndrome are common neurodevelopmental disorders that are highly stigmatized. Many individuals with Persistent Tic Disorders experience peer rejection, loneliness, and self-stigma.
Jaclyn M. Martindale +11 more
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Healthcare utilisation and costs associated with poor access to diagnosis and treatment for children and young people with tic disorders [PDF]
BMJ Mental HealthBackground There are no specific national guidelines in England to guide healthcare professionals in how to assess or treat young people with tic disorders.
Tara Murphy +5 more
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Investigating Habituation to Premonitory Urges in Behavior Therapy for Tic Disorders [PDF]
, 2017 Behavior therapy is effective for Persistent Tic Disorders (PTDs), but behavioral processes facilitating tic reduction are not well understood. One process, habituation, is thought to create tic reduction through decreases in premonitory urge severity ...
David C. Houghton +7 more
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Tourette syndrome research highlights from 2016 [version 1; referees: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]
, 2017 This article presents highlights chosen from research that appeared during 2016 on Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders.
Black, Kevin J
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Tourettic OCD: Current understanding and treatment challenges of a unique endophenotype
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022 Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and chronic tic disorders (CTD) including Tourette Syndrome (TS) are often comorbid conditions. While some patients present with distinct symptoms of CTD and/or OCD, a subset of patients demonstrate a unique overlap of
Tamar C. Katz +4 more
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