Dear Doctor K: My young daughter will suddenly blink her eyes or twitch her nose repeatedly, for no good reason. The doctor says she has tics, a condition of her nervous system. Will this go away, and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Up to one quarter of kids in the sixth grade and younger have movement tics, but most are mild and are rarely a continuing problem, according to US government researchers.

Often the conclusions of psychopharmacological research articles are interpreted as dogmatic absolutes leaving little room for contrary clinical experience. An example of a successful study that ...

For most kids tics are a temporary thing, and they're also essentially out of their control. Let's talk about tics. Not the crawling, creepy ticks that suck your blood, but the kind that involve ...

This post was written by Chelsea Dale, M.S. Taylor’s mother noticed that her 8-year-old child was constantly sniffing but did not have a cold or allergies and was excessively blinking, head nodding, ...

Functional tics are dramatic, involuntary movements or sounds usually made in response to a trigger. While similar to other tic disorders, they have different causes and treatment options. Functional ...

Tourette syndrome is diagnosed when both motor and vocal tics persist for more than one year before age 18. CBIT is the first-line behavioral therapy and is effective in both in-person and virtual ...

Tic disorders are conditions featuring sudden, non-rhythmic movements or vocalizations. A formal tic disorder diagnosis is determined by tic frequency, duration, and type. Tics are non-rhythmic ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has approved two technologies for treating chronic tic disorders and Tourette syndrome. The Online Remote Behavioural Intervention for Tics ...

Around 300,000 people in the UK live with Tourette syndrome. Until now, support for the condition has been limited. This may soon change, as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE ...