TIC SYMPTOMS: BEHAVIORAL CORRELATES

A cluster analysis of tic symptoms in children and adults with Tourette syndrome: clinical correlates and treatment outcome.

Cluster analytic methods have examined the symptom presentation of chronic tic disorders (CTDs), with limited agreement across studies. The present study investigated patterns, clinical correlates, and treatment outcome of tic symptoms. 239 youth and adults with CTDs completed a battery of assessments at baseline to determine diagnoses, tic severity, and clinical characteristics. Participants w...

A cognitive-behavioral/psychophysiological model of tic disorders.

This article discusses current cognitive behavioral, as well as neurophysiological, accounts of the development and maintenance of tic behavior in chronic (simple or complex) tic disorders. A cognitive psychophysiological model is further elaborated, highlighting the reciprocal interplay of background cognitive and physiological factors preceding tic onset. According to the model, cognitive fac...

Kleine-Levin syndrome: functional imaging correlates of hypersomnia and behavioral symptoms.

; Published online before print October 17, 2012; 2012;79;1927 Neurology José Haba-Rubio, John O. Prior, Eric Guedj, et al. hypersomnia and behavioral symptoms Kleine-Levin syndrome: Functional imaging correlates of January 29, 2013 This information is current as of http://www.neurology.org/content/79/18/1927.full.html located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along ...

Behavioral correlates of coronary risk.

Peer Victimization in Youth with Tourette’s Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorder: Relations with Tic Severity and Internalizing Symptoms

The present study analyzed rates of peer victimization in children with a chronic tic disorder as compared to children with type 1 diabetes and healthy controls. The associations among peer victimization, tic symptom severity, and psychological symptoms, as well as the potential mediating relationship between peer victimization, tic severity, and child internalizing symptoms, were also explored...