Children with tourette disorder: A follow-up study in adulthood

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 305-310

  Altman, Gary ^a,b   Staley, James Douglas ^a,b   Wener, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult follow up; Psychosocial functioning; TD; Tic severity; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TIC; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOURETTE SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649400790     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181a206b1     Document Type: Article

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