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Information for Professionals

Information for Professionals

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Overview/Update on Tourette Syndrome

  • Chowdhury, U. (2008). Tourette syndrome. Psychiatry, 7(8): 345-348.
  • Gaze, C., Kepley, H.O., & Walkup, J.T. (2006). Co-occurring psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents with tourette syndrome. Journal of Child Neurology, 21(8): 657-664.
  • Leckman, J.F., Bloch, M.H., Scahill, L., & King, R.A. (2006). Tourette syndrome: The self under siege. Journal of Child Neurology, 21(8): 642-649.
  • Robertson, M.M. (2004). The gilles de la tourette syndrome: An update. Psychiatry, 3(8): 3-7.
  • Singer, H.S. (2005). Tourette’s syndrome: From behavior to biology. Lancet Neurology, 4: 149-159.
  • Tourette Syndrome Association, Pennsylvania Tourette Syndrome Association & Berlin, C.M. Tic Disorders Including Tourette Syndrome, (unpublished document).

Comorbid Disorders

For OCD:

  • Goodman, W.K., Storch, E.A., Geffken, G.R., & Murphy, T.K. (2006). Obsessive- compulsive disorder in tourette syndrome. Journal of Child Neurology, 21: 704-714.
  • Kluger, J. (2007). When worry hijacks the brain. TIME, August 2 ed.,Website: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1649303,00.html
  • Lombroso, P.J. & Scahill, L. (2008). Tourette syndrome and obsessive- compulsive disorder. Brain and Development, 30: 231-237.
  • Mansueto, C.S. & Keuler, D.J. (2005). Tic or compulsion? Behavior Modification, 29(5): 784-799.
  • McKay, D., Abramowitz, J.S., Calamari, J.E., Kyrios, M., Radomsky, A., Sookman, D., Taylor, S., & Wilhelm, S. (2004). A critical evaluation of obsessive-compulsive disorder subtypes: Symptoms versus mechanisms. Clinical Psychology Review, 24: 283-313.
  • Pinto, A., Greenberg, B.D., Grados, M.A., Bienvenu, III, O.J., Samuels, J.F., Murphy, D.L., Hasler, G., Stout, R.I., Rauch, S.L., Shugart, Y.Y., Pauls, D.L., Knowles, J.A., Fyer, A.J., McCracken, J.T., Piacentini, J., Wang, Y., Willour, V.L., Cullen, B., Liang, K.-Y., Hoehn-Saric, R., Riddle, M.A., Rasmussen, S.A., & Nestadt, G. (2008). Further development of YBOCS dimensions in the ocd collaborative genetics study: Symptoms vs. categories. Psychiatry Research, 160: 83-93.
  • Storch, E.A., Lack, C., Merlo, L.J., Marien, W.E., Geffken, G.R., Grabill, K., Jacob, M.L., Murphy, T.K., & Goodman, W.K. (2007). Association between miscellaneous symptoms and symptom dimensions: An examination of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45: 2593-2603.
  • Veale, D. (2007). Psychopathology of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychiatry, 6(6): 225-228.
  • Wetterneck, C.T. & Woods, D.W. (2006). An evaluation of the effectiveness of exposure and response prevention on repetitive behaviors associated with tourette’s syndrome. Journal of Applied Behavioral Analysis, 39(4): 441-444.
  • Woods, D. W., Hook, S.S., Spellman, D.F., & Friman, P.C. (2000). Case study: Exposure and response prevention for an adolescent with tourette’s syndrome and ocd. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39(7): 904-907.

CBT for OCD, Other Anxiety Disorders& Depression:

  • Compton, S.N., March, J.S., Brent, D., Albano, A.M., Weersing, R., & Curry, J. (2004). Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for anxiety and depressive disorders in children and adolescents: An evidence-based medicine review. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 43(8): 930-959.
  • Freeman, J.B., Choate-Summers, M. L., Moore, P.S., Garcia, A.M., Sapta, J.J., Leonard, H.L., & Franklin, M.E. (2006). Cognitive behavioral treatment for young children with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 61: 337-343.
  • Kendall, P.C., Robin, J.A., Hedtke, K.A., Suveg, C., Flannery-Schroeder, E., & Gosch, E. (2005). Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 12: 136-150.
  • Wagner, A.P. (2003). Cognitive-behavioral therapy for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 3(3): 291-306.

For ADHD:

  • Brassell-Harknett, A. & Butler, N. (2007). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: An overview of the etiology and a review of the literature relating to the correlates and lifecourse outcomes for men and woman. Clinical Psychology Review, 27: 188-210.

For Rage Attacks:

  • Budman, C.L., Rockmore, L., Stokes, J., & Sossin, M. (2003). Clinical phenomenology of episodic rage in children with tourette syndrome. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 55: 59-65.
  • Budman, C.L., Brunn, R.D., Park, K.S., Lesser, M., & Olson, M. (2000). Explosive outbursts in children with tourette’s syndrome. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39(10): 1270-1276.

For Oppositional Behavior Problems:

  • Greene, R.W., Ablon, S., & Goring, J.C. (2003). A transactional model of oppositional behavior: Underpinnings of the collaborative problem solving approach. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 55: 67-75.

For Learning Difficulties:

  • Singer, H.S., Schuerholz, L.J., & Denckla, M.B. (1995). Learning difficulties in children with tourette syndrome. Journal of Child Neurology, 10 (Suppl. 1): S58-S61.'

Social Skills

Social Skills Training for Children for TS:

  • Lambert, S. & Christie, D. (1998). A social skills group for boys with tourette’s syndrome. Clinical Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 3(2): 267-277.

Social Skills Training for Children with ADHD:

  • Frankel, F., Myatt, R., Cantwell, D.P., & Feinberg, D.F. (1997). Parent-assisted transfer of children’s social skills training: Effects on children with and without attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36(8): 1056-1064.
  • Tutty, S., Gephart, H., & Wurzbacher, K. (2003). Enhancing behavioral and social skills functioning in children newly diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in a pediatric setting. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 24(1): 51-57.

School-Based Social-Emotional Learning Programs:

  • Greenberg, M.T., Weissberg, R.P., O’Brien, M.U., Zins, J.E., Fredericks, L., Resnik, H., & Elias, M.J. (2003). Enhancing school-based prevention and youth development through coordinated social, emotional, and academic learning. American Psychologist, 58(6/7): 466-474.
  • Rosenblatt, J.L. & Elias, M.J. (2008). Dosage effects of a preventive social- emotional learning intervention on achievement loss associated with middle school transition. Journal of Primary Prevention, 29: 535-555.
  • Zins, J.E. & Elias, M. (2006). Social and emotional learning: Promoting the development of all students. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 17(2/3): 233-255.

Phenomenology & Prevalence

  • Grados, M.A., Mathews, C.A., & the Tourette Syndrome Association International Consortium for Genetics. Latent class analysis of gilles de la tourette syndrome using comorbidities: Clinical and genetic implications. Biological Psychiatry, 64: 219-225.
  • Hollenbeck, P. (1999). How life imitates tourette syndrome: Reflections of an afflicted neuroscientist. CNS Spectrums, 4(2): 22-23.
  • Leckman, J.F. (2003). Phenomenology of tics and natural history of tic disorders. Brain & Development, 25 (Suppl. 1): S24-S28.
  • Miguel, E.C., Conceicao do Rosario-Campos, M., da Silva, H., do Valle, R., Rauch, S.L., Coffey, B.J., Baer, L., Savage, C.R., O’Sullivan, R.L., Jenike, M.A., & Leckman, J.F. (2000). Sensory phenomena in obsessive-compulsive disorder and tourette’s disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 61(2): 150-156.
  • Robertson, M.M. (2008). The prevalence and epidemiology of gilles de la tourette syndrome part I: The epidemiological and prevalence studies. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 65: 461-472.
  • Robertson, M.M. (2008). The prevalence and epidemiology of gilles de la tourette syndrome part II: Tentative explanations for differing prevalence figures in gts, including the possible effects of psychopathology, aetiology, cultural differences, and differing phenotypes. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 65: 473-486.
  • Weil, R.S., Cavanna, A.E., Willoughby, J.M.T., & Robertson, M.M. (2008). Air swallowing as a tic. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 65: 497-500.

Habit Reversal Training for TS

  • Conelea, C.A. & Woods, D.W. (2008). Examining the impact of distraction on tic suppression in children and adolescents with tourette syndrome. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46: 1193-1200.
  • Conelea, C.A. & Woods, D.W. (2008). The influence of contextual factors on tic expression in tourette’s syndrome: A review. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 65: 487-496.
  • Deckersbach, T., Rauch, S., Buhlmann, U., & Wilhelm, S. (2006). Habit reversal versus supportive psychotherapy in tourette’s disorder: A randomized controlled trial and predictors of treatment response. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 44: 1079-1090.
  • Himle, M.B., Woods, D.W., Piacentini, J.C., & Walkup, J.T. (2006). Brief review of habit reversal training for tourette syndrome. Journal of Child Neurology, 21: 719-725.
  • Himle, M.B. & Woods, D.W. (2004). An experimental evaluation of tic suppression and the tic rebound effect. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43: 1443-1451.
  • Meidinger, A.L., Miltenberger, R.G., Himle, M., Omvig, M., Trainor, C., & Crosby, R. (2005). An investigation of tic suppression and the rebound effect in tourette’s disorder. Behavior Modification, 29(5): 716-745.
  • O’Conner, K., Gareau, D. & Borgeat, F. (1997). A comparison of a behavioural and a cognitive-behavioural approach to the management of chronic tic disorders. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 4(2): 105-117.
  • Osmon, D.C. & Smerz, J. M. (2005). Neuropsychological evaluation in the diagnosis and treatment of tourette’s syndrome. Behaviour Modification, 29(5): 746-783.
  • Piacentini, J. & Chang, S. (2005). Habit reversal training for tic disorders in children and adolescents. Behavior Modification, 29(6): 803-822.
  • Woods, D.W., Walther, M.R., Bauer, C.C., Kemp, J.J. & Conelea, C.A. (2009). The development of stimulus control over tics: A potential explanation for contextually-based variability in the symptoms of tourette syndrome. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47: 41-47.