A phenomenological investigation of women with Tourette or other chronic tic disorders

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 525-534

  Lewin, Adam B ^a   Murphy, Tanya K ^a   Storch, Eric A ^a   Conelea, Christine A ^b   Woods, Douglas W ^b   Scahill, Lawrence D ^c   Compton, Scott N ^d   Zinner, Samuel H ^e   Budman, Cathy L ^f   Walkup, John T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TIC DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; TIC;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIC DISORDERS; TOURETTE SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862189249     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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