Behavior Therapy for Children With Tourette Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Piacentini J, Woods DW, Scahill L, Wilhelm S, Peterson AL, Chang S, Ginsburg GS, Deckersbach T, Dziura J, Levi-Pearl S, Walkup JT. Behavior Therapy for Children With Tourette Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA 2010, 303: 1929-1937. PMID: 20483969, PMCID: PMC2993317, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.607.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComprehensive Behavioral InterventionClinical Global Impressions-Improvement scaleYale Global Tic Severity ScaleChronic tic disorderTic Severity ScaleBehavioral interventionsSupportive therapyTic disordersSeverity ScaleTourette's disorderBehavior therapyFirst-line treatmentControlled TrialsSevere ticsAntipsychotic medicationNeurologic conditionsPrimary diagnosisTic severityTreatment sessionsControl groupTherapySymptom severityAdverse effectsTreatment gainsMore children