Symptom Network Analysis in a Large Sample of Children and Adults with a Chronic Tic Disorder.

Caroline Garcia Forlim Valerie Cathérine BrandtEwgeni JakubovskiChristos GanosSimone KühnKirsten R Muller-Vahl

Published in: Movement disorders clinical practice (2024)

Next to other complex tics, echophenomena, paliphenomena, and coprophenomena can be regarded core symptoms of CTD. ADHD symptoms are closely related to CTD in childhood, whereas symptoms of OCD and self-injurious behavior are closely associated with CTD in adults. Our results suggest that a differentiation between motor and vocal tics is somewhat arbitrary.

Keyphrases

network analysis
obsessive compulsive disorder
sleep quality
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
young adults
autism spectrum disorder
working memory
physical activity
early life
deep brain stimulation