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Why Tic Severity Changes from Then to Now and from Here to There

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 11, Issue 19, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm11195930

Keywords

Tourette Syndrome; tic disorders; tic; environment; severity; fluctuations

Funding

  1. Washington University Yearlong Research Program Dean's Fellowship
  2. Tourette Association of America and its Missouri chapter
  3. McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience at Washington University in St. Louis

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Research on Tourette's syndrome focuses on why some individuals develop tics and how momentary influences can cause tics to increase or decrease. Factors such as stress, distraction, and being observed have varying effects on tics, while other influences like social media exposure and dietary habits require further study.
Much of the research regarding Tourette's syndrome (TS) has focused on why certain individuals develop tics while others do not. However, a separate line of research focuses on the momentary influences that cause tics to increase or decrease in patients who are already known to have TS or another chronic tic disorder (CTD). Environmental and internal variables such as fatigue, anxiety, and certain types of thoughts all have been shown to worsen tic severity and may even overcome the positive effects of treatment. Other influences such as stress, distraction, and being observed have had mixed effects in the various studies that have examined them. Still, other variables such as social media exposure and dietary habits have received only minimal research attention and would benefit from additional study. Understanding the impact of these environmental and internal influences provides an opportunity to improve behavioral treatments for TS/CTD and to improve the lives of those living with these conditions. This review will examine the current literature on how these moment-to-moment influences impact tic expression in those with TS/CTD.

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