Premonitory urges and repetitive behaviours in adult patients with Tourette syndrome

Sangeerthana Rajagopal; Andrea E. Cavanna

doi:10.1007/s10072-014-1706-8

Premonitory urges and repetitive behaviours in adult patients with Tourette syndrome

Sangeerthana Rajagopal
, Andrea E. Cavanna^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Psychology

University College London
Aston University
University College Birmingham
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by multiple motor and phonic tics, which are associated with sensory symptoms (premonitory urges). Little is known about the nature of the subjective urges and repetitive behaviours which are intrinsic to TS. This study assessed the relationship between specific urges and repetitive behaviours in 108 consecutive adult patients recruited at a specialist TS Clinic. Analysis of self-report measures of sensory symptoms (Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale) and repetitive behaviours (Motor tic, Obsessions and compulsions, Vocal tic Evaluation Survey) showed that different types of urges are associated with simple/complex tics and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	969-971
Number of pages	3
Journal	Neurological Sciences
Volume	35
Issue number	6
Early online date	7 Mar 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-014-1706-8
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2014

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premonitory urges
repetitive behaviours
sensory symptoms
tics
tourette syndrome

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