Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 4, July 1989, Pages 566-573
ArticlesThe Yale Global Tic Severity Scale: Initial Testing of a Clinician-Rated Scale of Tic Severity
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Key Words
clinical rating instrument
motor and phonic tics
Tourette's syndrome
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This study was supported in part by Federal Grants RR00125, HD03008, and MH3029, and by support from the Gateposts Foundation, the Tourette Syndrome Association, and the John Merck Fund. The authors wish to thank Drs. John T. Walkup, Kenneth E. Towbin, Phillip Chappel, and Donald J. Cohen for their encouragement and valuable suggestions and assistance in the development of the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale. Ms. Eva Chittenden edited the manuscript.
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