Prospective follow‐up study of youth and adults with onset of functional tic‐like behaviours during the COVID‐19 pandemic

C Nilles, N Szejko, D Martino… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Very little is known about the long‐term prognosis of patients with
functional tic‐like behaviours (FTLBs). We sought to characterize the trajectory of symptom …

Functional tics: Expanding the phenotypes of functional movement disorders?

AE Cavanna, G Purpura, A Riva… - European journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Until the outbreak reported during the COVID‐19 pandemic,
functional tics were considered to be a relatively rare clinical phenotype, as opposed to …

[HTML][HTML] Functional Tic-like Behaviors: From the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Post-Pandemic Era

AE Cavanna, L Spini, S Ferrari, G Purpura, A Riva… - Healthcare, 2024 - mdpi.com
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been multiple reports about an unforeseen
surge in adolescents and young adults exhibiting sudden onset functional tic-like behaviors …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated cognitive behavioral intervention for functional tics (I-CBiT): case reports and treatment formulation

A Maxwell, JJ Zouki, V Eapen - Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a global surge in functional tic-like
behaviors (FTLBs). FTLBs are unique from primary tic disorders. They are thought to …

Time is ticking for TikTok tics: A retrospective follow‐up study in the post‐COVID‐19 isolation era

KK Tomczak, J Worhach, M Rich… - Brain and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction During the COVID‐19 pandemic, an influx of adolescents presented worldwide
with acute onset of functional tic‐like behaviors (FTLBs). Our goal was to evaluate …

Testing the specificity of phenomenological criteria for functional tic‐like behaviours in youth with Tourette syndrome

C Nilles, D Martino, T Pringsheim - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose The aim was to test the specificity of phenomenological criteria for
functional tic‐like behaviours (FTLBs). The European Society for the Study of Tourette …

Psychological factors associated with functional tic-like behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic

L Berg, TM Pringsheim, M Lerario, D Martino - Research on Child and …, 2024 - Springer
Functional tic-like behaviours (FTLB) are a female predominant functional neurological
disorder that escalated in incidence during the SARS CoV2 pandemic. This study compared …

Prevalence of Mass Social Media-induced Illness presenting with Tourette-like behavior in Germany between 2019 and 2021

HL Kathrin, F Carolin, P Anna, H Martina… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Starting in 2019, in Germany the first well documented outbreak of mass sociogenic illness
induced by social media (mass social media-induced illness; MSMI) occurred presenting …

[PDF][PDF] Functional tics

AE Cavanna, G Purpura, A Riva, R Nacinovich, S Seri - 2023 - pure-oai.bham.ac.uk
Background and purpose: Until the outbreak reported during the COVID-19 pandemic,
functional tics were considered to be a relatively rare clinical phenotype, as opposed to …

[HTML][HTML] Tourette syndrome research highlights from 2023

A Hartmann, P Andrén, C Atkinson-Clement… - …, 2024 - f1000research.com
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