Moderators and predictors of response to behavior therapy for tics in Tourette syndrome
Sukhodolsky DG, Woods DW, Piacentini J, Wilhelm S, Peterson AL, Katsovich L, Dziura J, Walkup JT, Scahill L. Moderators and predictors of response to behavior therapy for tics in Tourette syndrome. Neurology 2017, 88: 1029-1036. PMID: 28202705, PMCID: PMC5384839, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPredictors of responseChronic tic disorderTic reductionTic disordersPsychiatric disordersYale Global Tic Severity Scale-Total Tic ScoreTic severityTourette syndromeClinical Global Impressions-Improvement scoreCo-occurring psychiatric disordersAnxiety disordersSubgroup of patientsTotal tic scoreMain outcome measuresPredictors of outcomeBehavior therapyComprehensive Behavioral InterventionAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderPremonitory urge severityReduction of ticsCo-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderGreater tic severityTIC characteristicsTic improvementClinical characteristics