In 2002, the Tourette Syndrome Association formed the TS Behavioral Sciences Consortium (BSC). The charge of the BSC was to develop and test nonpharmacological treatment options for individuals, both children and adults with Tourette Syndrome. This manual is the result of their work, and represents the most scientifically effective behavioral treatment for Tourette Syndrome available today. The treatment program uses Habit Reversal Training (HRT) for children and adults with chronic tic disorder. Individual treatment is based at its core on awareness training, the development of a specific competing response for each tic, and the use of functionally-based strategies for the elimination of tic-exacerbating antecedent and consequent variables. In addition, individual treatment includes techniques designed to enhance patient compliance, including social support and an inconvenience review, as well as scheduled time for the therapist and client to discuss areas of functioning that individuals with TS may find difficult, such as social/familial difficulties and disruptive/anger/rage behavior. Each week, clients are given homework assignments, to be done 4-5 times per week, consisting of 20 to 30 minutes of awareness and competing response training to tics addressed in session. The client will be encouraged to keep tally marks to monitor tic behavior. Home-based monitoring and competing response training are reviewed at each session. All homework assignments will be available in the companion workbook.
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Douglas W. Woods, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a member of the Trichotillomania Learning Center's Scientific Advisory Board, and a member of the Tourette Syndrome Association's Medical Advisory Board. He has published over 100 journal articles and book chapters on these and related topics.
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Thanks to these researchers, a well-established evidence-based practice (as per APA criteria) is finally getting its due. Their 2010 paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association provides further data that the treatment found within this therapist guide is very efficacious, well-tolerated, and enduring while also providing a more tailored approach to treatment than medications can provide - all without the sometimes aversive side-effects that pharmaceutical treatment options may entail.
These authors have created a triad of excellent companion books - this therapist guide, an accompanying workbook for adult patients, and an accompanying workbook for parents of children with tic disorders. The fourth 'pole' (a stand-alone manual for youth themselves to read) is entitled "Nix Your Tics!" and has been created by a separate author (the undersigned: Dr. B. Duncan McKinlay, Psychologist).
These authors have created a triad of excellent companion books - this therapist guide, an accompanying workbook for adult patients, and an accompanying workbook for parents of children with tic disorders. The fourth 'pole' (a stand-alone manual for youth themselves to read) is entitled "Nix Your Tics!" and has been created by a separate author (the undersigned: Dr. B. Duncan McKinlay, Psychologist).
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