Non-Psychopharmacologic Therapy of Tic or Tourette's Disorder.
10.5765/jkacap.2014.25.2.53
- Author:
Myung Ho LIM
1
;
Young Lim LEE
;
Bung Nyun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea. paperose@dku.edu
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Tic Disorder;
Tourette's Disorder;
Non-Pharmacologic Therapy
- MeSH:
Canada;
North America;
Prognosis;
Tic Disorders;
Tics*;
Tourette Syndrome*
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2014;25(2):53-64
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Tic disorder is a childhood neuropsychological disorder characterized by abrupt, involuntary, and repetitive stereotyped muscle movement or vocal sound. Tourette's disorder shows a chronic prognosis, and can last for life if no treatment is applied. Although tic disorder has been known for ages, the underlying cause is still not well known. Non-pharmacological treatments have long been used for the tic disorder, but few clinical studies were conducted. However, the European Society for the Study of Tourette's Syndrome recently issued non-pharmacologic guidelines for treatment of tic disorders based on the research findings obtained so far. In addition, guidelines for non-pharmacologic evidence-based treatment were reported in Canada, North America. By synthesizing the newly reported foreign guidelines for treatment and review articles, the aim of this study is to investigate the non-pharmacologic therapies used for treatment of tic disorder or Tourette's disorder.
