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SUBMITTER: Kim S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6733613 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Soyoung S Greene Deanna J DJ Robichaux-Viehoever Amy A Bihun Emily C EC Koller Jonathan M JM Acevedo Haley H Schlaggar Bradley L BL Black Kevin J KJ
Journal of child neurology 20190626 12
Successful voluntary tic suppression is a key component of the behavioral interventions that are used to treat tic disorders. This study aimed to examine tic suppression in children with recent-onset tics and determine whether the capacity to suppress tics predicts future tic severity. We tested 45 children (30 male, mean age 7.74 years) with recent-onset tics (mean 3.47 months prior to the first study visit; baseline) and re-examined each child at the 12-month anniversary of the first recognize ...[more]