COVID-19 related increase in childhood tics and tic-like attacks

Arch Dis Child. 2021 Apr 21;106(5):420-421. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-321748.

Authors

Isobel Heyman¹, Holan Liang², Tammy Hedderly³

Affiliations

¹ Psychologcial Medicine Team, Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK i.heyman@ucl.ac.uk.
² Psychologcial Medicine Team, Great Ormond Street Hospital For Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Tic and Neurodevelopmental Movements Service (TANDeM), Guy's King's and Saint Thomas' School of Medicine, London, UK.

PMID: 33677431
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-321748

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; child psychiatry; neurology.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
COVID-19* / complications
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Male
SARS-CoV-2
Tic Disorders / diagnosis
Tic Disorders / epidemiology
Tics / epidemiology
Tics / etiology