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The Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) is a psychological measure designed to assess the severity and frequency of symptoms of disorders such as tic disorder, Tourette syndrome, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, in children and adolescents between ages 6 and 17.
The Tourette's Disorder Scale (TODS) is a psychological instrument to assess tics and co-occurring conditions in Tourette syndrome (TS). [1]There are two versions of TODS: TODS-CR (clinician-rated) and TODS-PR (parent-rated).
The Tourette Syndrome Clinical Global Impression (TS-CGI) is a psychological measure used to briefly assess severity of tics. [1] [2] References
Tourette syndrome or Tourette's syndrome (abbreviated as TS or Tourette's) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that begins in childhood or adolescence. It is characterized by multiple movement (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic. Common tics are blinking, coughing, throat clearing, sniffing, and facial movements.
Knowledge, education and understanding are uppermost in management plans for tic disorders, [6] and psychoeducation is the first step. [14] [15] A child's parents are typically the first to notice their tics; [16] they may feel worried, imagine that they are somehow responsible, or feel burdened by misinformation about Tourette's. [14]
You see the Tourette, you hear the Tourette, you hear the tics. Underneath the water is the bottom of the iceberg, and it's all the comorbidities: the OCD, the bipolar, the anxiety, the depression ...
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Specifically, it is often used for assessing executive functioning in children with developmental and/or acquired neurological conditions including: learning disabilities, tourette syndrome, traumatic brain injury, pervasive developmental disorders, autism, low birth weight. [8]