Supporting your child with a chronic tic disorder, including Tourette’s disorder, largely involves reducing the shame, anxiety, and other stressors that aggravate and reinforce tics. Helping others – ...

Imagine trying not to blink, resisting the urge to sneeze or refusing to scratch an intense itch. For a short time, you can probably succeed, but the effort becomes increasingly untenable until the ...

For many children with tic disorders, the twitch or the grunt is only half the story. Before each tic arrives, many of them ...

Tics. We all know children and adults who have them, though unless it pertains to us, we tend not to pay too much attention. Nose wrinkling, shoulder shrugging, eyebrow-raising, sniffing, ...

Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by tics like grimacing, blinking and vocalizations, is normally treated in children and teens with one of several antipsychotic medications.

Imagine trying not to blink, resisting the urge to sneeze or refusing to scratch an intense itch. For a short time, you can probably succeed, but the effort becomes increasingly untenable until the ...

Newswise — Vijay Vishwanath, MD, PhD, shares his screen and pulls up a simple, blue-and-white drawing of an iceberg. The top part of the iceberg is labeled with just two conditions: “vocal tics” and ...

Ever found yourself blinking rapidly without realising it? It could be your nose or ear flicks or you suddenly clear your throat multiple times. These small, repetitive movements or sounds might seem ...

Ever found yourself blinking rapidly without realising it? It could be your nose or ear flicks, or you suddenly clear your throat multiple times. These repetitive movements or sounds might seem ...

Tics. We all know children and adults who have them, though unless it pertains to us, we tend not to pay too much attention. Nose wrinkling, shoulder shrugging, eyebrow-raising, sniffing, ...

Imagine trying not to blink, resisting the urge to sneeze or refusing to scratch an intense itch. For a short time, you can probably succeed, but the effort becomes increasingly untenable until the ...