Behavioral Therapy for Children and Adolescents With Tourette Syndrome

Taipei Medical University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Tourette Syndrome

Treatments

Behavioral: habit reversal training (HRT)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03621059

ju07310520

Details and patient eligibility

About

Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder in childhood and adolescence, and often comorbid with psychiatric comorbidity. Antipsychotic medications are usually the first choices, but may associate with adverse effects. Behavioral intervention for TS has been shown to be an effective treatment for children and adolescents, yet have not been performed and evaluated using control trails in Taiwan.

Full description

TS is a common neuropsychiatric disorder in childhood and adolescence, and often comorbid with psychiatric comorbidity. Antipsychotic medications are usually the first choices, but may associate with adverse effects. Behavioral intervention for TS has been shown to be an effective treatment for children and adolescents, yet have not been performed and evaluated using control trails in Taiwan. This study therefore was to evaluate the efficacy of a comprehensive behavioral intervention therapy on improving tics and tic-related impairment for children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome.

Enrollment

46 patients

Sex

All

Ages

6 to 15 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria For Tourette Syndrome
Patients aged from 6-15 years who were diagnosed with TS or CTD,
Never received any pharmacological treatment
Ability to understand the study purpose and/or provide consent for participation independently and via a caregiver serving as a proxy

Exclusion criteria