Effectiveness of ‘Tackle Your Tics’, a brief, intensive group-based exposure therapy programme for children with tic disorders: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

• Danielle Cath,
• Annet Heijerman-Holtgrefe,
• Chaim Huyser,
• Cara Verdellen,
• Jolande van de Griendt,
• Laura Beljaars,
• Kees-Jan Kan,
• Ramón Lindauer,
• Pieter Hoekstra,
• Lisbeth Utens

Affiliations

Danielle Cath

Department of Specialized Training, GGZ Drenthe, Assen, The Netherlands

Annet Heijerman-Holtgrefe

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Chaim Huyser

Levvel, Academic Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Specialized Youth Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Cara Verdellen

PsyQ Nijmegen/Parnassia Group, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Jolande van de Griendt

TicXperts, Heteren, The Netherlands

Laura Beljaars

Levvel, Academic Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Specialized Youth Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Kees-Jan Kan

Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Ramón Lindauer

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Pieter Hoekstra

University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Lisbeth Utens

Levvel, Academic Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Specialized Youth Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands