Problem
Tic disorders
Other Names:
Tics Nature:
A tic is a sudden, recurrent, involuntary, rapid motor movement or vocalization often exacerbated by stress and diminished during sleep. Common motor tics are eye-blinking, shoulder-shrugging, facial gestures, jumping or stamping. Common vocal tics are coughing, sniffing, snorting, throat-clearing, coprophasia (using "dirty" or obscene words), palilalia (repeating words or sounds) or echolalia (repeating the last-heard sounds of another person).
Broader Problems:
Mental illness Developmental disabilitiesOccupational illness of musiciansDysfunctional behaviour under stress Narrower Problems:
CoughTourette's disorderTransient tic disorderChronic motor tic disorder Aggravates:
Profanity Subject(s):
Medicine → PathologyPsychology → Behaviour
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST