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Longitudinal Impact of Stressors in Adults With Tourette Syndrome

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

* adults (\>18) meeting Diagnostic and Statistics Manual, 5th edition (DSM-V) criteria for Tourette syndrome, chronic motor tic disorder, or chronic vocal tic disorder
* ability to provide informed consent
* English proficiency

Exclusion Criteria:

\- significant medical, neurologic, or psychiatric diagnoses (e.g. uncontrolled epilepsy, chronic heart failure, schizophrenia) besides TS and its commonly co-occurring psychiatric diagnoses

About the study

The Investigators propose a two-year, longitudinal pilot study of TS adults (\>18) to determine impact of lifetime environmental stress exposure on tic severity, psychiatric comorbidity severity, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL).

What is being tested

• None - observational study (other)

Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Participants: 140 · Started: Sep 30, 2021

Contact the study team

• Michelle Eckland, BS · Phone: 615-875-7394

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04851678

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Tourette Syndrome

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.