title: Tics and Tourette syndrome.
abstract: Tourette syndrome is a childhood onset neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by multiple motor and vocal tics. Although many youth experience attenuation or even remission of tics in adolescence and young adulthood, some individuals experience persistent tics, which can be debilitating or disabling. Most patients also have 1 or more psychiatric comorbid disorders, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Treatment is multimodal, including both pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioral treatment, and requires disentanglement of tics and the comorbid symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Psychiatry, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1230, New York, NY 10029, USA.
authors.forename: Zoey A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Psychiatry, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1230, New York, NY 10029, USA. Electronic address: barbara.coffey@mssm.edu.
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Coffey
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013981:Tic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
keywords: Comorbidity; Obsessive-compulsive disorder; Tic disorder; Tics; Tourette syndrome; Treatment