| Autor: |
O'Connor, Kieron, Lavoie, Marc, Blanchet, Pierre, St-Pierre-Delorme, Marie-Ève |
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British Journal of Psychiatry; Jul2016, Vol. 209 Issue 1, p76-83, 8p |
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Background: Tic disorders, in particular chronic tic disorder and Tourette syndrome, affect about 1% of the population. The current treatment of choice is pharmacological or behavioural, addressing tics or the premonitory urges preceding tic onset.Aims: The current study reports an open trial evaluating the effectiveness of a cognitive psychophysiological treatment addressing Tourette-specific sensorimotor activation processes rather than the tic.Method: Forty-nine people with Tourette syndrome and 36 people with chronic tics completed 10 weeks of individual cognitive psychophysiological therapy. Outcome measures included two tic severity scales and psychosocial measures.Results: Post-treatment both groups had significantly improved on the tic scales with strong effect sizes across tic locations and complex and simple tics, maintained at 6-month follow-up with further change in perfectionism and self-esteem.Conclusions: The cognitive psychophysiological approach targeting underlying sensorimotor processes rather than tics in Tourette's and chronic tic disorder reduced symptoms with a large effect size. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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