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DSM-IV: Chronic Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder
This Tic Disorder is diagnosed when either motor OR vocal (but not both - see Tourette's) tics ("sudden, rapid, recurrent, non rhythmic, stereotyped motor movement or vocalization") are experienced persistently.
Diagnostic criteria for 307.22 Chronic Motor or Vocal Tic Disorder
(Warning!)
A. Single or multiple motor or vocal tics (i.e., sudden, rapid, recurrent, non rhythmic, stereotyped motor movements or vocalizations), but not both, have been present at some time during the illness.
B. The tics occur many times a day nearly every day or intermittently throughout a period of more than 1 year, and during this period there was never a tic-free period of more than 3 consecutive months.
C. The disturbance causes marked distress or significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
D. The onset is before age 18 years.
E. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g. stimulants) or a general medical condition (e.g. Huntington's disease or postviral encephalitis).
F. Criteria have never been met for Tourette's Disorder.
Based on the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition APA
See also: Tourette's
Research sources
| Topic | AN INTRODUCTION TO DISSOCIATION / ASTHMA / AUTOMATIC WRITING / DERMATOLOGY / DISSOCIATION AND DEEPENING / DYSTONIA / ERYTHROPHOBIA / HALLUCINATIONS / HEADACHES / I.M.R. THERAPY / INSOMNIA / MEMORY SUBSTITUTION / NAIL BITING / PSEUDO-ORIENTATION IN TIME / PSYCHOGENIC INFERTILITY / REGRESSIONS / DIAGNOSTIC SCALE / SMOKING CESSATION / SMOKING CESSATION / SPECIFIC AGE REGRESSION / STAMMERING / SUGGESTED AMNESIA / TAKING A CASE HISTORY / OBSTETRICS |
| Reference | Waxman D (ed) (1989) Hartland's Medical and Dental Hypnosis 3rd edition Bailliere Tindall |
| Topic | ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING / ASTHMA / AUTOMATIC WRITING / AVERSION THERAPY / BRUXISM / DERMATOLOGY / DYSTONIA / FLOODING / GLOVE ANAESTHESIA / HALLUCINATIONS / HEADACHES / HYPNODONTICS / HYPNOSIS AND PAIN CONTROL / MASSED PRACTICE / MEMORY SUBSTITUTION / NOCTURNAL ENURESIS / PATTERN BREAKING INDUCTIONS / PSEUDO-ORIENTATION IN TIME / PSYCHOGENIC INFERTILITY / SMOKING CESSATION / SMOKING CESSATION / SUGGESTED AMNESIA / THE INTERSPERSAL TECHNIQUE / TINNITUS |
| Reference | Kroger WS (1977) Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 2nd edition Lippincott |
| Topic | DYSTONIA |
| Reference | Brin MF, Jankovic J and Comella CL (2004) Dystonia: Etiology, Clinical Features and Treatment Lippincott Williams and Wilkins |
| Topic | DYSTONIA |
| Reference | Martin E (ed) (2003) Concise Medical Dictionary 7th edition Oxford University Press |
| Topic | DYSTONIA |
| Reference | The Dystonia Society (online) last accessed 16.03.2007 at http://www.dystonia.org.uk |
The online Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders lists most of the major psychological disorders and illnesses and lists the criteria that must be fulfilled in order for a diagnosis to be made. This resource is not a substitute for proper professional psychiatric diagnosis.
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