Tic Disorders
Resources for Patients and Caregivers
Tics are sudden twitches, movements, or sounds that people do repeatedly. People who have tics cannot stop their body from doing these things. For example, a person with a motor tic might keep blinking over and over again. Or, a person with a vocal tic might make a grunting sound unwillingly.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: 54-Tic Disorders
Diagnosis: categorized by type (motor or phonic) and duration (sudden, rapid, nonrhythmic movements)
US Patients:
World Patients: 1% usually before puberty
Sex Ratio:
Age Onset: 20% of children experience tics between ages 5 and12.
Brain Area:
Symptoms: Tourette’s Syndrome is the most widely known and is chronic.
Progression:
Causes: May be caused by medications or illicit drugs.
Medications:
Therapies:
Resources for Physicians, Counselors and Researchers
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- Psychometric properties of the Swedish translation of the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised and the population characteristics of the symptom dimensions of OCDby Behrang Mahjani on January 22, 2022
CONCLUSION: The Swedish translation of OCI-R was a valid and reliable measure for assessing the severity of OCD. We observed that individuals with OCD frequently had additional comorbid psychiatric disorders and that the severity of OCD was significantly higher in individuals with at least one additional psychiatric comorbidity as compared to individuals with no psychiatric comorbidity.
- Status of Medications Prescribed for Psychiatric Disorders in Korean Pediatric and Adolescent Patientsby In-Woo Jang on January 21, 2022
While mental health services for children are increasing, few psychiatric drugs have been approved for such use. We analyzed claim data from 19,557 South Korean pediatric and adolescent patients (
- Pain in Tourette Syndrome-Children's and Parents' Perspectivesby Agnieszka Małek on January 21, 2022
Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by the presence of tics and associated behavioral problems. Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS), The PedsQL Pediatric Pain Questionnaire, and Pediatric Pain Coping Inventory were used to assess the severity of tics, the severity of the pain, the location of the pain and pain coping strategies both from children's and parents' perspectives. Sixty percent of children demonstrated pain (past or present); the pain was reported...
- Dopamine-2 receptor antibody encephalitis presenting as pure tongue-biting in a tourette syndrome patient: a case reportby Mingfeng Lai on January 21, 2022
CONCLUSIONS: Our case suggests that clinicians should discern D2R encephalitis in TS patients when tics are the primary symptoms. Administering immunotherapy early, according to clinical characteristics, may benefit the patient. Moreover, the features of premonitory urges could help evaluate the state of TS.