Faculty Articles
Behavior Therapy for Tourette's Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorder: A Web-Based Video Illustration of Treatment Components
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
ISSN
1077-7229
Publication Date
2-2010
Abstract
Tic disorders have traditionally been conceptualized as neurobiological conditions and consequently within the purview of neurologists. In the last few decades, however, a number of psychosocial treatments have been developed and tested. To date, a behavioral treatment called Habit Reversal Training (HRT) has garnered the most empirical support as an efficacious treatment for tic disorders. HRT is a multicomponent, short-term, behavioral intervention. The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief overview of the behavioral treatment of tic disorders including a detailed description of the core components of HRT: awareness training and competing response training. We will also review function-based assessment and treatment strategies, which have been emphasized in more recent behavioral approaches. The accompanying videos demonstrate aspects of these clinical techniques.
DOI
10.1016/j.cbpra.2009.09.001
Volume
17
Issue
1
First Page
16
Last Page
24
NSUWorks Citation
Reese, H. E.,
Timpano, K. R.,
Siev, J.,
Rowley, T.,
Wilhelm, S.
(2010). Behavior Therapy for Tourette's Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorder: A Web-Based Video Illustration of Treatment Components. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 17(1), 16-24.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/831
