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Tic Suppression in Children With Recent-Onset Tics Predicts 1-Year Tic Outcome.


ABSTRACT: 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 recognized tic (follow-up). At the baseline visit, children performed a tic suppression task with several conditions: tic freely, inhibit tics given a verbal request, and inhibit tics in the presence of a reward. At the baseline visit, children with tics for only a few months could suppress their tics, and tic suppression was especially successful when they received an immediate and contingent reward. Additionally, the ability to suppress tics in the presence of a reward predicted tic severity at follow-up. These findings suggest that better inhibitory control of tics within months of tic onset may be an important predictor of future tic symptom outcome.

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6733613 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Tic Suppression in Children With Recent-Onset Tics Predicts 1-Year Tic Outcome.

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]

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