Controlling behavior of children with tourette and tic disorders
... "A new approach is needed because the relationship between tics and disruptive behavior is unclear and this can be confusing for parents and teachers," said the lead author, Lawrence Scahill, professor at Yale School of Nursing and the Yale Child Study Center. "Tics are involuntary, but not all of the disruptive behavior seen in childr...Yale helps organize conference to identify new treatments for Tourette Syndrome
... ... Lawr...Though the repetitive vocal and motor tics characteristic of Tourette's syndrome may suggest an inability to control involuntary actions at the cognitive level, researchers have now found evidence that young people with Tourette's syndrome actually exhibit a greater level of cognitive control over their movements than their non-affected peers do. The research findings are consistent with a greate...The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a multi-site grant to Yale, Harvard University and Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, to evaluate the Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) program in adults with Tourette syndrome (TS). ...... Yale researchers, led by principal investigator Lawrence Scahill, associate professor at the School of Nursing and the C...