ADHD Comorbidity, Behavior, and Tic Severity

Abstract

The association of disruptive behavior with social, adaptive, and family functioning in Tourette syndrome (TS), with and without comorbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), was evaluated in 207 children (144 boys and 63 girls) between the ages of 7 and 18 years, in a study at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

Keywords

• tourette syndrome
• attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
• family dysfunction