Behavior Therapy for Tourette's Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorder: A Web-Based Video Illustration of Treatment Components

Author(s)

Hannah E. Reese, Harvard Medical School
Kiara R. Timpano
Jedidiah Siev, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Theresa Rowley
Sabine Wilhelm

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2010

Publication Title

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volume

17

Issue/Number

1

First Page

16

ISSN

1077-7229

Last Page

24

Abstract/Excerpt

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

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