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Efficacy of a Habit Reversal Treatment on Tic-symptoms

U

University of Cologne

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Tic-Disorder

Treatments

Behavioral: Habit Reversal Training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02190383
THICS-Study 2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a habit reversal based treatment programme in children and adolescents aged 8 to 18 years with tic disorders.

Full description

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a habit reversal based treatment programme for children and adolescents with tic disorders. This habit reversal treatment programme was developed at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Cologne and has already been evaluated in a pilot-study (Woitecki & Döpfner, 2011, 2012).

Enrollment

50 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

8 to 18 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • 8-18 years
  • Diagnosis of chronic motor or vocal Tic (F95.1) or Tourette-Syndrome (F95.2)
  • YGTSS total score F95.2>13, F95.1>9
  • Tics are the main problems
  • IQ>80
  • If medication, then has been stable for at least one months in medicated patients
  • No change in medication treatment is planned
  • Ability to participate in weekly outpatient treatment
  • Acceptance of randomization

Exclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder or Psychosis
  • Parallel continuous psychotherapy of tics or comorbid

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

N/A

Interventional model

Single Group Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

50 participants in 1 patient group

Habit Reversal Training
Experimental group
Description:
At first patients get informed about Tics in general. Then the individual Tics are specified and the tic-reaction is looked at further. The Tic-Symptoms are observed and the premonitory urge is specified. For all individual tics a specific reversal movement is developed. Relaxation methods are introduced.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Habit Reversal Training

Trial contacts and locations

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