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Behavior Therapy for Tourette Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorder

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The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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Abstract

Habit Reversal Therapy (HRT) is the psychosocial treatment of choice for tic disorders. Across five randomized controlled trials HRT has proven superior to other active comparison treatments (e.g., supportive psychotherapy, Exposure and Response Prevention), and it has been deemed a “well-established treatment” according to the criteria outlined by the American Psychological Association. Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) is the most recent and well-defined variant of HRT. In this chapter we detail the theory and techniques that comprise CBIT including assessment, awareness training, competing response training, and function-based interventions. We conclude the chapter with a case example illustrating the use of these techniques in the clinic.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Bowdoin College, 6900 College Station, Brunswick, ME, 04011, USA

    Hannah E. Reese Ph.D.

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 185 Cambridge Street, Suite 2000, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Hannah E. Reese Ph.D.

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 15 Parkman Street, WACC 815, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Aisha Usmani Ph.D.

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  1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Timothy J. Petersen

  2. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Susan E. Sprich

  3. Simches Research Building, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Sabine Wilhelm

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Reese, H.E., Usmani, A. (2016). Behavior Therapy for Tourette Syndrome and Chronic Tic Disorder. In: Petersen, T., E. Sprich, S., Wilhelm, S. (eds) The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Current Clinical Psychiatry. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2605-3_10

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