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01-03-2024

Psychological Factors Associated with Functional Tic-like Behaviours during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Auteurs: Lindsay Berg, Tamara M. Pringsheim, Mackenzie Lerario, Davide Martino

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

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Abstract

Functional tic-like behaviours (FTLB) are a female predominant functional neurological disorder that escalated in incidence during the SARS CoV2 pandemic. This study compared social and adaptive functioning, social media use, pandemic experiences, and psychiatric comorbidities between FTLB (n = 35), Tourette Syndrome (TS) (n = 22), and neurotypical (NT) (n = 25) participants ages 11 to 25 years. The psychiatric comorbidity burden for participants with FTLB was formidable, with frequencies ranging from 1.5 to 10 times higher for major depressive disorder and panic disorder compared to TS and NT participants. Borderline personality disorder (BPD), agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder were also significantly more common in FTLB compared to NT participants. Vulnerable attachment scores, social phobia and social interaction anxiety symptoms were higher in participants with FTLB than NT but not TS. Overall distress tolerance, resilient coping, suggestibility, hours on social media, and exposure to tic and TS content were not significantly different between groups. FTLB participants rated their mental health declined more severely during the pandemic than both TS and NT participants and were more likely to experience trouble sleeping, loneliness, and difficulty affording housing and food than NT participants. Participants with FTLB were significantly more likely to identify as gender minority people than TS and NT, though there were no significant differences based on gender identity in the study variables within the FTLB group. The association and potential pathways explaining how psychiatric disorders may be contributing to FTLB, and why certain groups appear at particular risk are discussed.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Psychological Factors Associated with Functional Tic-like Behaviours during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Auteurs
Lindsay Berg
Tamara M. Pringsheim
Mackenzie Lerario
Davide Martino
Publicatiedatum
01-03-2024
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01184-y