Ticcy, sticky, and picky: how to understand, disentangle, and manage childhood onset repetitive behaviors

Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders (OCSD), including OCD, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs, such as trichotillomania and skin-picking disorder), and chronic tic disorders/Tourette ’s disorder (TD) share overlapping clinical phenomenology and associated dysregulated subcortical neurocircuitry. The cortico-striatal-thalamo-cortical (CSTC) neural pathway is involved in the regulation of behaviors (cognitive and emotional), and as such, disruption can result in a variety of und esired, repetitive manifestations (ie, tics, obsessions/compulsions, picking/pulling).
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Clinical Perspectives 51 Source Type: research