Tackle your Tics: feasibility of a brief, intensive group-based exposure therapy programme for children with tic disorders
- Conditions
- tic disorder / Tourette Syndrome10037176
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON46177
- Lead Sponsor
- Academisch Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 14
(a) youths aged 9 to 17 years, (b) diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome or persistent (motor/vocal) tic disorder, using DSM-5 criteria, (c) with moderate or greater severity as measured by the YGTSS total score >13 (>9 for children with motor or vocal tics only).
Exclusion criteria (examined during intake interviews): (a) Behavioural treatment for tics in the past 12 months, (b) pharmacological treatment (for tics or diagnosed psychiatric disorders) that is not been stable the past six weeks or with planned changes during study participation, (c) poor mastery of the Dutch language, (d) IQ < 75, (e) serious physical disease, (f) substance abuse, (g) suicidality, (h) psychotic disorders, (i) poor group functioning. Since tic disorders are seldom seen without comorbidities, co-occurring attention deficit*hyperactivity disorder, obsessive*compulsive disorder, other anxiety disorders or depressive disorders are allowed, unless the disorder requires immediate treatment or change in current treatment.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Assessments will be done pre- (T0), and post treatment (T1), and in a follow-up<br /><br>assessment (T2) which is planned 2 months after T0.<br /><br>Key-outcome: tic severity (Yale Global Tic Severity Scale; YGTSS) and<br /><br>premonitory urges (Premonitory Urges for Tics Scale; PUTS).</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method