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Effectiveness of Behavior Therapy and Psychosocial Therapy for the Treatment of Tourette Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorder

NCT00231985 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 122

Last updated 2012-02-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will compare the efficacy of supportive therapy versus habit-reversal therapy for the treatment of Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorder.

Conditions

  • Tourette Syndrome
  • Tic Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Habit reversal therapy

Habit reversal therapy consists of awareness training, relaxation training, self-monitoring, and competing response training.

BEHAVIORAL

Supportive therapy

Supportive therapy focuses on educating participants about tics: how tics present themselves, the causes of tics, the common conditions that may occur along with tics, and environmental factors that may affect their tics (e.g. family, social, school, stress).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sabine Wilhelm, PhD · MGH/Harvard Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-10-31
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2010-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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