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Filter by:Tics are brief, sudden, repetitive movements and/or sounds that increase with stress, anxiety, transitions, or excitement. Tics occur most commonly in children and adolescents, with boys more frequently affected than girls The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry states that tics affect up to 10 percent of children during their early school years. . The exact pathophysiologic mechanisms are unknown, but the disorders are likely to be due to disturbances of the cortico striatal- thalamo -circuitry. Risk factors for tic disorders include. Genetics: Tics tend to run in families, so there may be a genetic basis to these disorders. Sex: Men are more likely to be affected by tic disorders than women. They are divided into motor tics (e.g., blinking, shrugging shoulders, grimacing, or jerking) and vocal tics (e.g., throat clearing, sniffing, grunting) . Patients describe an inner urge or a local premonitory sensation, which is then relieved by performing the tic. The tic can be voluntarily suppressed for short periods of time. Tics increase with stress, anxiety, transitions, and excitement, and decrease with distraction. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry states that tics affect up to 10 percent of children during their early school years .The most notable tic disorder is Tourette syndrome, in which both physical and verbal tics occur in the same individual, often at the same time. Transient tic disorder also involves both types of tics, but they often occur individually . Tic disorders are classified into 3 categories : Transient tic disorders involve motor or vocal tics that last for more than 4 weeks but less than a year. Chronic tic disorders involve either motor tics or vocal tics (but not both) that last for more than a year. Tourette Syndrome, in which both physical and verbal tics occur in the same individual Conditions associated with tic disorders, especially in children with TS, include: anxiety, ADHD, depression ,autism ,spectrum disorder learning difficulties ,OCD speech and language difficulties, sleep difficulties other complications associated with tic disorders are related to the effect of the tics on self-esteem and self-image . Some research! has found that children with TS or any chronic tic disorder experience a lower quality of life and lower self-esteem than those without one of these conditions
The goal of this qualitative study is to understand the challenges of stigmatization and discrimination in children and young adults with Chronic Tic Disorders (CTD), including Tourette Syndrome. Measuring and understanding how stigma affects those with CTD will help inform future work.
The purpose to the current study was to examine the efficacy of a telehealth, group-based, combined and intensive intervention for youth with tic disorders (TDs) and common co-occurring diagnoses. Families seeking treatment for TDs and common co-occurring diagnoses will be randomly assigned to receive treatment immediate (enrollment in the next group) or remain on a 1-month waitlist, and then receive treatment. Outcomes will be assessed across the treatment phase, immediately following treatment (post), as well as 1-month following the end of treatment.
The study will examine whether combining Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) with inhibition of the supplementary motor area (SMA) using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) normalizes activity in the SMA-connected circuits, improves tic suppression ability, and enhances CBIT outcomes in young people with tic disorder. The study will also examine different TMS dosing strategies.
Tic disorders is recognized as a neuropsychiatric disease. The treatments of tic disorders include drug therapy, psychotherapy and physical therapy. As a non-invasive therapy, cranial electrotherapy stimulation(CES) is approved to have few side effects and applied in various areas, especially in psychiatric diseases. However, up to now there have been no results about the effects of CES in the treatment of tic disorders.The investigators hope CES could offer a useful approach for treating tic disorders.