About this Research Topic
Tic Disorders (TD) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized in the presence of tics, starting before the age of 18, usually during early to middle childhood. The disorder affects around 1% of child population and shows a spontaneous decline around the end of puberty in 40-60% of the patients. The disorder can range from minor presence to severe, enforcing limitation to normal development. Being a neurodevelopmental disorder, TD affects different scopes of life from childhood to adulthood.
Although the disorder has been known for centuries, it is the last 25 years that mark a leap in research. Aside from the improvement in research techniques in all fields related, two main core, interwoven perspectives had emerged; an integrative perspective taking into consideration biological and mental aspects, conceptualizing TD as a "body-mind" disorder and the acknowledgment that TD is a complex disorder, given the comorbidities and their vast influence on development. These perspectives gave raise to new treatments and horizons in research.
As research avenues in the disorder continue to develop, our goal in this Research Topic is to explore different aspects of living with TD along the lifespan from childhood to adulthood for the child themselves, and their significant others in familial, educational, occupational and social environments. This collection of articles aims to reflect on developments in research, theoretical aspects, and treatment possibilities regarding this intriguing developmental disorder. In order to do so, we invite researchers, theoreticians, and therapists from all fields of interest interfacing with TD, to publish their work.
Submissions may focus on the following subthemes:
• Developments in neurological research
• Comorbidity aspects of research and treatment
• Developmental aspects
• Developments in therapy
• Therapy along a life span (psychological, pharmacological, surgical)
• Familial aspects (parents, siblings, partners)
• Educational and employment aspects
• Social aspects of integrating TD patients in different stages of life/development
• Quality of life and related issues along the life span.
Researchers from different fields: Psychiatry, Psychology, Neurology, Pharmacology, Education, Gender, Employment and Social Sciences, Occupational Therapy and other related fields as well as theoreticians from the fields of Humanity Sciences are invited. Submissions may include quantitative, qualitative, and theoretical studies in the form of Original Research, Clinical Trials, Systematic Reviews, Case Studies, Perspectives, Conceptual Analysis, and Policy and Practice Reviews.
Although the disorder has been known for centuries, it is the last 25 years that mark a leap in research. Aside from the improvement in research techniques in all fields related, two main core, interwoven perspectives had emerged; an integrative perspective taking into consideration biological and mental aspects, conceptualizing TD as a "body-mind" disorder and the acknowledgment that TD is a complex disorder, given the comorbidities and their vast influence on development. These perspectives gave raise to new treatments and horizons in research.
As research avenues in the disorder continue to develop, our goal in this Research Topic is to explore different aspects of living with TD along the lifespan from childhood to adulthood for the child themselves, and their significant others in familial, educational, occupational and social environments. This collection of articles aims to reflect on developments in research, theoretical aspects, and treatment possibilities regarding this intriguing developmental disorder. In order to do so, we invite researchers, theoreticians, and therapists from all fields of interest interfacing with TD, to publish their work.
Submissions may focus on the following subthemes:
• Developments in neurological research
• Comorbidity aspects of research and treatment
• Developmental aspects
• Developments in therapy
• Therapy along a life span (psychological, pharmacological, surgical)
• Familial aspects (parents, siblings, partners)
• Educational and employment aspects
• Social aspects of integrating TD patients in different stages of life/development
• Quality of life and related issues along the life span.
Researchers from different fields: Psychiatry, Psychology, Neurology, Pharmacology, Education, Gender, Employment and Social Sciences, Occupational Therapy and other related fields as well as theoreticians from the fields of Humanity Sciences are invited. Submissions may include quantitative, qualitative, and theoretical studies in the form of Original Research, Clinical Trials, Systematic Reviews, Case Studies, Perspectives, Conceptual Analysis, and Policy and Practice Reviews.
Keywords: tic disorders, developmental disorders, tics, neurodevelopmental disorder, body-mind disorder, Tourette syndrome
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