title: Bridging neuroscience and clinical psychology: cognitive behavioral and psychophysiological models in the evaluation and treatment of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.
abstract: Cognitive neuroscience and clinical psychology have long been considered to be separate disciplines. However, the phenomenon of brain plasticity in the context of a psychological intervention highlights the mechanisms of brain compensation and requires linking both clinical cognition and cognitive psychophysiology. A quantifiable normalization of brain activity seems to be correlated with an improvement of the tic symptoms after cognitive behavioral therapy in patients with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS). This article presents broad outlines of the state of the current literature in the field of GTS. We present our clinical research model and methodology for the integration of cognitive neuroscience in the psychological evaluation and treatment of GTS to manage chronic tic symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Département de Psychiatrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada ; Centre de Recherche Fernand Seguin, Hôpital Louis-H Lafontaine, 7331 Hochelaga, Montréal, QC, H1N 3V2, Canada.
authors.forename: Marc E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lavoie
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche Fernand Seguin, Hôpital Louis-H Lafontaine, 7331 Hochelaga, Montréal, QC, H1N 3V2, Canada ; Département de Psychologie, Université de Québec à Montréal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leclerc
authors.affiliation: Département de Psychiatrie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada ; Centre de Recherche Fernand Seguin, Hôpital Louis-H Lafontaine, 7331 Hochelaga, Montréal, QC, H1N 3V2, Canada.
authors.forename: Kieron P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: O'Connor