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Tic

MedGen UID:
21556
Concept ID:
C0040188
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Tic Disorder; Tic Disorders
SNOMED CT: Tic (386783003); Tics (386783003); Tic disorder (568005)

Definition

Disorders characterized by recurrent TICS that may interfere with speech and other activities. Tics are sudden, rapid, nonrhythmic, stereotyped motor movements or vocalizations which may be exacerbated by stress and are generally attenuated during absorbing activities. Tic disorders are distinguished from conditions which feature other types of abnormal movements that may accompany another another condition. (From DSM-IV, 1994) [from MeSH]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Roessner V, Eichele H, Stern JS, Skov L, Rizzo R, Debes NM, Nagy P, Cavanna AE, Termine C, Ganos C, Münchau A, Szejko N, Cath D, Müller-Vahl KR, Verdellen C, Hartmann A, Rothenberger A, Hoekstra PJ, Plessen KJ
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2022 Mar;31(3):425-441. Epub 2021 Nov 10 doi: 10.1007/s00787-021-01899-z. PMID: 34757514Free PMC Article
Müller-Vahl KR, Szejko N, Verdellen C, Roessner V, Hoekstra PJ, Hartmann A, Cath DC
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2022 Mar;31(3):377-382. Epub 2021 Jul 10 doi: 10.1007/s00787-021-01832-4. PMID: 34244849Free PMC Article
Pringsheim T, Okun MS, Müller-Vahl K, Martino D, Jankovic J, Cavanna AE, Woods DW, Robinson M, Jarvie E, Roessner V, Oskoui M, Holler-Managan Y, Piacentini J
Neurology 2019 May 7;92(19):896-906. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007466. PMID: 31061208Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Cahill EP, Doyle A
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 2021 Dec 1;33(6):453-457. doi: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000749. PMID: 34747881
Dempsey N, Rosenthal A, Dabas N, Kropotova Y, Lippman M, Bishopric NH
Breast Cancer Res Treat 2021 Jul;188(1):21-36. Epub 2021 Jun 11 doi: 10.1007/s10549-021-06280-x. PMID: 34115243
Moore EE, Moore HB, Kornblith LZ, Neal MD, Hoffman M, Mutch NJ, Schöchl H, Hunt BJ, Sauaia A
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2021 Apr 29;7(1):30. doi: 10.1038/s41572-021-00264-3. PMID: 33927200Free PMC Article
Lucisano AC, Leeper CM, Gaines BA
Semin Thromb Hemost 2020 Mar;46(2):147-154. Epub 2020 Mar 11 doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1702203. PMID: 32160641
Singer HS
Handb Clin Neurol 2011;100:641-57. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52014-2.00046-X. PMID: 21496613

Diagnosis

Vermilion J, Mink JW
Pediatr Rev 2023 May 1;44(5):294-296. doi: 10.1542/pir.2022-005566. PMID: 37122042
Singer HS
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2019 Aug;25(4):936-958. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000752. PMID: 31356288
Thomsen PH
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2013 Feb;22 Suppl 1:S23-8. doi: 10.1007/s00787-012-0357-7. PMID: 23208425
McVicar K
Pediatr Rev 2006 May;27(5):e42-4; discussion e44. doi: 10.1542/pir.27-5-e42. PMID: 16651272
Leckman JF, Peterson BS, Pauls DL, Cohen DJ
Psychiatr Clin North Am 1997 Dec;20(4):839-61. doi: 10.1016/s0193-953x(05)70348-8. PMID: 9443353

Therapy

Mosley PE, Webb L, Suraev A, Hingston L, Turnbull T, Foster K, Ballard E, Gomes L, Mohan A, Sachdev PS, Kevin R, Gordon R, Benson M, McGregor IS
NEJM Evid 2023 Sep;2(9):EVIDoa2300012. Epub 2023 Jun 7 doi: 10.1056/EVIDoa2300012. PMID: 38320199
Gilbert DL, Dubow JS, Cunniff TM, Wanaski SP, Atkinson SD, Mahableshwarkar AR
Pediatrics 2023 Feb 1;151(2) doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-059574. PMID: 36628546
Lipner SR, Scher RK
J Dermatolog Treat 2018 Jun;29(4):411-414. Epub 2017 Nov 9 doi: 10.1080/09546634.2017.1395799. PMID: 29057689
Thomsen PH
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2013 Feb;22 Suppl 1:S23-8. doi: 10.1007/s00787-012-0357-7. PMID: 23208425
Singer HS
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2001 Mar;1(2):195-202. doi: 10.1007/s11910-001-0016-8. PMID: 11898516

Prognosis

Bruce MM, Kassam-Adams N, Rogers M, Anderson KM, Sluys KP, Richmond TS
J Trauma Nurs 2018 Mar/Apr;25(2):131-138. doi: 10.1097/JTN.0000000000000356. PMID: 29521782Free PMC Article
Schöchl H, Voelckel W, Maegele M, Solomon C
Hamostaseologie 2012;32(1):22-7. Epub 2011 Oct 19 doi: 10.5482/ha-1178. PMID: 22009115
Singer HS
Handb Clin Neurol 2011;100:641-57. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52014-2.00046-X. PMID: 21496613
Leckman JF, Peterson BS, Pauls DL, Cohen DJ
Psychiatr Clin North Am 1997 Dec;20(4):839-61. doi: 10.1016/s0193-953x(05)70348-8. PMID: 9443353
Shapiro E, Shapiro AK
JAMA 1981 Apr 17;245(15):1583-5. PMID: 6937691

Clinical prediction guides

Buzzard L, Schreiber M
J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2024 Feb 1;96(2):179-185. Epub 2023 Oct 13 doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004170. PMID: 37828662
Mosley PE, Webb L, Suraev A, Hingston L, Turnbull T, Foster K, Ballard E, Gomes L, Mohan A, Sachdev PS, Kevin R, Gordon R, Benson M, McGregor IS
NEJM Evid 2023 Sep;2(9):EVIDoa2300012. Epub 2023 Jun 7 doi: 10.1056/EVIDoa2300012. PMID: 38320199
Gilbert DL, Dubow JS, Cunniff TM, Wanaski SP, Atkinson SD, Mahableshwarkar AR
Pediatrics 2023 Feb 1;151(2) doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-059574. PMID: 36628546
Yu D, Sul JH, Tsetsos F, Nawaz MS, Huang AY, Zelaya I, Illmann C, Osiecki L, Darrow SM, Hirschtritt ME, Greenberg E, Muller-Vahl KR, Stuhrmann M, Dion Y, Rouleau G, Aschauer H, Stamenkovic M, Schlögelhofer M, Sandor P, Barr CL, Grados M, Singer HS, Nöthen MM, Hebebrand J, Hinney A, King RA, Fernandez TV, Barta C, Tarnok Z, Nagy P, Depienne C, Worbe Y, Hartmann A, Budman CL, Rizzo R, Lyon GJ, McMahon WM, Batterson JR, Cath DC, Malaty IA, Okun MS, Berlin C, Woods DW, Lee PC, Jankovic J, Robertson MM, Gilbert DL, Brown LW, Coffey BJ, Dietrich A, Hoekstra PJ, Kuperman S, Zinner SH, Luðvigsson P, Sæmundsen E, Thorarensen Ó, Atzmon G, Barzilai N, Wagner M, Moessner R, Ophoff R, Pato CN, Pato MT, Knowles JA, Roffman JL, Smoller JW, Buckner RL, Willsey AJ, Tischfield JA, Heiman GA, Stefansson H, Stefansson K, Posthuma D, Cox NJ, Pauls DL, Freimer NB, Neale BM, Davis LK, Paschou P, Coppola G, Mathews CA, Scharf JM; Tourette Association of America International Consortium for Genetics, the Gilles de la Tourette GWAS Replication Initiative, the Tourette International Collaborative Genetics Study, and the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium Tourette Syndrome Working Group
Am J Psychiatry 2019 Mar 1;176(3):217-227. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18070857. PMID: 30818990Free PMC Article
Bruce MM, Kassam-Adams N, Rogers M, Anderson KM, Sluys KP, Richmond TS
J Trauma Nurs 2018 Mar/Apr;25(2):131-138. doi: 10.1097/JTN.0000000000000356. PMID: 29521782Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Jalenques I, Asatryan V, Tauveron-Jalenques U, Pereira B, Rondepierre F
J Psychiatr Res 2024 Dec;180:24-32. Epub 2024 Sep 30 doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.09.048. PMID: 39368326
Hannadjas I, James A, Davenport R, Lindsay C, Brohi K, Cole E
Crit Care 2023 Nov 2;27(1):422. doi: 10.1186/s13054-023-04688-z. PMID: 37919775Free PMC Article
James T, Collins S, Marczylo T
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021 Aug 17;18(16) doi: 10.3390/ijerph18168681. PMID: 34444429Free PMC Article
Hartmann A, Worbe Y, Black KJ
F1000Res 2018;7:1122. Epub 2018 Jul 23 doi: 10.12688/f1000research.15558.1. PMID: 30210792Free PMC Article
Osland ST, Steeves TD, Pringsheim T
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018 Jun 26;6(6):CD007990. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007990.pub3. PMID: 29944175Free PMC Article

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