Tourette Syndrome

Findings from University of Florida broaden understanding of tourette syndrome

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"Children's self-reported QoL scores and a measure of tic severity were moderately and inversely correlated. Parent reports of their child's QoL were weakly related to tic severity. Correlations between parent and child ratings of QoL for children ages 8 to 11 years were generally higher than those for youth ages 12 to 17 years," wrote E.A. Storch and colleagues, University of Florida.

The researchers concluded: "Finally, externalizing behavior moderated the relations between tic severity and parent-rated QoL, such that tic severity was significantly associates! with parent-rated QoL for children with below average externalizing symptoms but not for children 3with above average externalizing symptoms."

Storch and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Quality of life in youth with Tourette's syndrome and chronic tic disorder. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007;36(2):217-227).

For additional information, contact E.A. Storch, University of Florida, Dept. of Psychiatry, Box 100234, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.

The publisher's contact information for the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology is: Lawrence Erlbaum Association Inc-Taylor & Francis, 325 Chestnut Street, Ste. 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA.

Keywords: United States, Box, Adolescent Psychology, Central Nervous System Disease, Mental Health, Psychology, Quality of Life, Tic Disorder, Tourette Syndrome, University of Florida.

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