Tics are sudden, repetitive movements and/or vocalizations that individuals often experience as involuntary. Common motor tics include behaviors such as blinking, twitching, grimacing, and jerking, while vocal tics include throat clearing, sniffing, chirping, or grunting. Tics can also become quite complex and involve full-body movements or the utterance of syllables, words, or phrases. We treat tics at the NOATC in part because of their frequent concurrence with OCD, especially in kids.
To treat tics behaviorally, we use the Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT), an evidence-based treatment that is effective for the reduction of tics. Learn more about tic disorders and how we treat them
here.