Treatment of vocal tics in children with Tourette syndrome: Investigating the efficacy of habit reversal

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-112

  Woods, Douglas W ^a   Twohig, Michael P ^a,b   Flessner, Christopher A ^a,c   Roloff, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habit reversal; Tourette syndrome; Vocal tics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HABIT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REVERSAL LEARNING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TICS; TOURETTE SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043163445     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2003.36-109     Document Type: Article

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