{"title":"Behavior therapy effective alternative to medication for treatment of tics","authors":"J. Mink","doi":"10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-12","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"While medication has been the mainstay of therapy for tics, an emerging body of evidence supports the use of behavior therapy to treat the sudden, involuntary, repetitive movements or sounds.\n\nTourette syndrome and other chronic tic disorders affect at least 1% of children. These neurobehavioral","PeriodicalId":401600,"journal":{"name":"AAP News","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"AAP News","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1542/AAPNEWS.2015369-12","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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While medication has been the mainstay of therapy for tics, an emerging body of evidence supports the use of behavior therapy to treat the sudden, involuntary, repetitive movements or sounds.
Tourette syndrome and other chronic tic disorders affect at least 1% of children. These neurobehavioral