How to Treat Tourette's With Behavioral Treatment

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Tip 1 - Tourette Syndrome

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by Claude Mayo | permalink

Tourette Syndrome (TS) causes people to have “tics”. Tics are sudden twitches, movements, or sounds that people do repeatedly. People who have tics cannot stop their body from doing these things.
Tags: CDC Features, Tourette syndrome, tourette's

For further reading: http://www.cdc.gov/Features/TouretteSyndromeAwareness/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - Regaining control

Published: 9 years, 1 month(s) ago | Submitted by crelia goitia | permalink

Comprehensive behavioral intervention for Tourette Syndrome tics trains children to manage their tics while identifying and neutralizing the stressors that can exacerbate them. It adds an environmental component to habit-reversal therapy.
Tags: Monitor on Psychology, Therapeutic Interventions,,Tourette syndrome treatment, behavioral therapy for Tourette syndrome, medication vs. therapy for Tourette's,,Therapy,

For further reading: http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/09/control.aspx ^[2]