Treatment Outcome of Combined Virtual Tic Training in Children and Adolescents With a Chronic Tic Disorder
Chronic Tic Disorder
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Chronic Tic Disorder focused on measuring Habit reversal training, Exposure response prevention, Children and adolescents, virtual training
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: based on ICD-10 diagnosen (International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems):
- Chronic motor/vocal tics (DF95.1)
- Tourettes syndrom (DF95.2)
Exclusion Criteria:
Comorbidity including
- Mental retardering
- Psychosis
- Severe depression
- Suicidal behavior
- Severe anorexia or
- If they have participated in tic training with HRT and/or ERP during the last 6 months
Sites / Locations
- Department of child and adolescent Psychiatry, Aarhus University Hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Virtual tic training
Video tic training
A combination of treatment using virtual tic training and training at the hospital. In total nine sessions using a combined training of HRT and ERP. In four of the nine sessions (session 3, 5, 6, 7) training is performed as a virtual training. All sessions last 60 minutes
A combination of treatment using self-instructive videos and training at the hospital. In total nine sessions using a combined training of HRT and ERP. Four of the nine sessions are completed at the hospital (session 1 and 2 are combined 120 minutes, session 4: 60 minutes, session 8: 60 minutes and session 9: 60 minutes). For all sessions, self-instructive videos have been recorded instructing the child and their families how they should perform the training