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

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

Nov 26, 2021 | Posted by ICAMH.org@gmail.com |

Presentation of young people to health services with atypical tic-like attacks has increased since the start of the COVID-190 pandemic. Pre-existing suggestibility and contagion from TikTok may possibly explain this phenomenon.

Heyman I, Liang H, Hedderly T. COVID-19 related increase in childhood tics and tic-like attacks. Archives of Disease in Childhood2021;106:420-421.

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

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

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