Current Management of Tics and Tourette Syndrome: Behavioral, Pharmacologic, and Surgical Treatments.

ABSTRACT: Tourette syndrome is a heterogeneous neurobehavioral disorder manifested by childhood-onset motor and phonic tics, often accompanied by a variety of behavioral comorbidities, including attention deficit and obsessive compulsive disorder. Treatment must be tailored to the needs and goals of the individual patients and their families. All patients should receive education on the condition and, if possible, engage behavioral therapy targeted towards tics and/or comorbidities. Pharmacological therapies, such as alpha agonists, topiramate, and vesicular monoamine transport type 2 inhibitors, are generally used as first-line therapies in patients with troublesome tics that are not controlled by behavioral therapy or when the latter is not available or accessible. Botulinum toxin injections can b

SUBMITTER: Billnitzer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7851278 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature