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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Woods, Douglas W.
• Piacentini, John C.
• Scahill, Lawrence
• Peterson, Alan L.
• Wilhelm, Sabine
• Chang, Susanna
• Deckersbach, Thilo
• McGuire, Joseph
• Specht, Matt
• Conelea, Christine A.
• Rozenman, Michelle
• Dzuria, James
• Liu, Haibei
• Levi-Pearl, Sue
• Walkup, John T.

Titel

Behavior Therapy for Tics in Children: Acute and Long-Term Effects on Psychiatric and Psychosocial Functioning

Ist Teil von

• Journal of child neurology, 2011-07, Vol.26 (7), p.858-865

Ort / Verlag

Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Children (n = 126) ages 9 to 17 years with chronic tic or Tourette disorder were randomly assigned to receive either behavior therapy or a control treatment over 10 weeks. This study examined acute effects of behavior therapy on secondary psychiatric symptoms and psychosocial functioning and long-term effects on these measures for behavior therapy responders only. Baseline and end point assessments conducted by a masked independent evaluator assessed several secondary psychiatric symptoms and measures of psychosocial functioning. Responders to behavior therapy at the end of the acute phase were reassessed at 3-month and 6-month follow-up. Children in the behavior therapy and control conditions did not differentially improve on secondary psychiatric or psychosocial outcome measures at the end of the acute phase. At 6-month posttreatment, positive response to behavior therapy was associated with decreased anxiety, disruptive behavior, and family strain and improved social functioning. Behavior therapy is a tic-specific treatment for children with tic disorders.