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Treatment of Tourette Syndrome With Attention Training Technique—A Case Series

The existing therapeutic strategies of Tourette syndrome (TS) do not lead to sufficient improvement in a significant number of patients. Recently published studies show that paying attention to tics increases whereas directing attention away decreases tic frequency. The aim of the present case serie...

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Autores principales: Schaich, Anja, Brandt, Valerie, Senft, Alena, Schiemenz, Christian, Klein, Jan-Philipp, Faßbinder, Eva, Münchau, Alexander, Alvarez-Fischer, Daniel
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7550728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33132927
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.519931
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author Schaich, Anja
Brandt, Valerie
Senft, Alena
Schiemenz, Christian
Klein, Jan-Philipp
Faßbinder, Eva
Münchau, Alexander
Alvarez-Fischer, Daniel
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Brandt, Valerie
Senft, Alena
Schiemenz, Christian
Klein, Jan-Philipp
Faßbinder, Eva
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description The existing therapeutic strategies of Tourette syndrome (TS) do not lead to sufficient improvement in a significant number of patients. Recently published studies show that paying attention to tics increases whereas directing attention away decreases tic frequency. The aim of the present case series in three patients with TS was to investigate the effect of attention training technique (ATT) on TS symptoms. ATT is a technique derived from metacognitive therapy that aims on training patients to consciously (re-)focus their attention away from themselves. Friedman’s chi-square test indicated a trend regarding the reduction of tic frequency and tic severity and a significant reduction of positive metacognitions from pre-baseline to follow-up. Reliable Change Indices (RCIs) are given for each measure and patient. Given the small number of patients, further studies including randomized controlled trials appear warranted.
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spelling pubmed-75507282020-10-30 Treatment of Tourette Syndrome With Attention Training Technique—A Case Series Schaich, Anja Brandt, Valerie Senft, Alena Schiemenz, Christian Klein, Jan-Philipp Faßbinder, Eva Münchau, Alexander Alvarez-Fischer, Daniel Front Psychiatry Psychiatry The existing therapeutic strategies of Tourette syndrome (TS) do not lead to sufficient improvement in a significant number of patients. Recently published studies show that paying attention to tics increases whereas directing attention away decreases tic frequency. The aim of the present case series in three patients with TS was to investigate the effect of attention training technique (ATT) on TS symptoms. ATT is a technique derived from metacognitive therapy that aims on training patients to consciously (re-)focus their attention away from themselves. Friedman’s chi-square test indicated a trend regarding the reduction of tic frequency and tic severity and a significant reduction of positive metacognitions from pre-baseline to follow-up. Reliable Change Indices (RCIs) are given for each measure and patient. Given the small number of patients, further studies including randomized controlled trials appear warranted. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7550728/ /pubmed/33132927 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.519931 Text en Copyright © 2020 Schaich, Brandt, Senft, Schiemenz, Klein, Faßbinder, Münchau and Alvarez-Fischer http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Senft, Alena
Schiemenz, Christian
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Faßbinder, Eva
Münchau, Alexander
Alvarez-Fischer, Daniel
Treatment of Tourette Syndrome With Attention Training Technique—A Case Series
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7550728/
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