What are the most common treatments for a child with a tic disorder?

What are the most common treatments for a child with a tic disorder?

Charles Sophy (Private Practice in Adult, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) gives expert video advice on: What is "Tourette's disorder"?; What are the most common treatments for a child with a tic disorder? and more...

The common treatments for tic disorders can be, again, a combination of medication and behavioral interventions. The medications usually lower anxiety and change some brain chemicals that lower the abilities for the motoric and the vocal manifestations. And the behavioral treatment addresses the anxieties and giving them the tools to be able to overcome that anxiety which may be the trigger of the tic disorder.