Practice Guideline Recommendations Summary: Treatment of Tics in People with Tourette Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorders [PDF]
, 2019 Objective To make recommendations on the assessment and management of tics in people with Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorders. Methods A multidisciplinary panel consisting of 9 physicians, 2 psychologists, and 2 patient representatives ...
Cavanna, Andrea E. +12 more
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Neurocognitive Predictors of Treatment Response to Randomized Treatment in Adults with Tic Disorders [PDF]
, 2017 Tourette\u27s disorder (TS) and chronic tic disorder (CTD) are neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by involuntary vocal and motor tics. Consequently, TS/CTD have been conceptualized as disorders of cognitive and motor inhibitory control.
Abramovitch, Amitai +9 more
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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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Pilot Testing Behavior Therapy for Chronic Tic Disorders in Neurology and Developmental Pediatrics Clinics [PDF]
, 2015 Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) is an efficacious treatment with limited regional availability. As neurology and pediatric clinics are often the first point of therapeutic contact for individuals with tics, the present study ...
Ely, Laura J. +10 more
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Disentangling syntactic, semantic and pragmatic impairments in ASD : elicited production of passives [PDF]
, 2021 Children with ASD and an IQ-matched control group of typically developing (TD) children completed an elicited-production task which encouraged the production of reversible passive sentences (e.g., “Bob was hit by Wendy”).
Ambridge, B, Bidgood, A, Thomas, K
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Post-operative adult onset tic disorder: A rare presentation
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2014 Tics are rapid and repetitive muscle contractions resulting in stereotype movements and vocalizations that are experienced as involuntary. Onset before 18-year is a diagnostic criterion for tic disorders.
Suneet Kumar Upadhyaya +3 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 ...
Capriotti, Matthew R. +7 more
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Patterns and Predictors of Tic Suppressibility in Youth With Tic Disorders
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018 Tic suppression is the primary target of tic disorder treatment, but factors that influence voluntary tic inhibition are not well understood. Several studies using the Tic Suppression Task have demonstrated significant inter-individual variability in tic
Christine A. Conelea +9 more
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Comprehensive systematic review summary: Treatment of tics in people with Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorders [PDF]
, 2019 Objective To systematically evaluate the efficacy of treatments for tics and the risks associated with their use. Methods This project followed the methodologies outlined in the 2011 edition of the American Academy of Neurology\u27s guideline development
Cavanna, Andrea E +12 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Premonitory urges (PUs) are sensory phenomena that immediately precede tics. The Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale (PUTS) is widely used to assess the severity of PUs, but the psychometric properties of PUTS and clinical features of PU in Chinese patients ...
Ying Li +8 more
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