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The child should not worry if the tics start again in adolescence: it is transitory and the resumption of exercises works. 632221325/Mediaphotos – stock.adobe.com
The idea is to give the child a strategy to manage their tics themselves and, ultimately, make them disappear.
Brief and effective, the behavioral and cognitive therapies are the treatment of choice when tics are annoying and poorly tolerated. A first psychoeducation session serves to explain what it is about and to reassure. Once the illness is well understood, the idea is to give the child a strategy to achieve self-control of his tics and, ultimately, make them disappear. CCTs, however, require “motivation and availability on the part of the parents, because the child must do around ten minutes of exercises every day. The more the child practices, the faster and more significant the effects will be. For practical reasons, we offer the family to see us once and the following consultations can be done by video »explains Virginie Czernecki, doctor in neuroscience (pitié-Salpêtrière reference center, Paris).
Two techniques are validated. The oldest, developed in the United States, consists of setting up an incompatible movement…
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