ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Mass social media-induced illness presenting with Tourette-like behavior.
Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- A systematic review to characterize functional tic-like behaviors.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Call for action: misinformation about Tourette syndrome from major media network.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients with Mass Social Media-Induced Illness Presenting with Functional Tic-like Behaviors.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2026Article
- "I swear it's not Tourette's!" - it is time to rethink coprolalia in Tourette syndrome.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Neurodevelopmental Tics with Co-Morbid Functional Tic-like Behaviors: Diagnostic Challenges of a Complex Tourette Syndrome Phenotype.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Role of social media in the presentation of disorders of gut-brain interaction: Review and recommendations.Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2024Review
- Functional Tic-like Behaviors: From the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Post-Pandemic Era.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Premonitory Urge in Patients with Tics and Functional Tic-like Behaviors.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Article
- Functional Tic-Like Behaviors: A Common Comorbidity in Patients with Tourette Syndrome.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Article
- What distinguishes patients with mass social media-induced illness presenting with Tourette-like behavior from those with Tourette syndrome? Results of a prospective cohort study.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Article
- Tourette syndrome research highlights from 2023.F1000Research · 2024Review
- Prospective follow-up study of youth and adults with onset of functional tic-like behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic.European journal of neurology · 2024Article
- Integrated cognitive behavioral intervention for functional tics (I-CBiT): case reports and treatment formulation.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Currently, we are facing a new manifestation of functional neurological disorder presenting with functional Tourette-like behavior (FTB). This study aimed to show characteristics of this phenotype presenting as an outbreak of "mass social media-induced illness" (MSMI) and to explore predisposing factors. Between 5-9/2021, we prospectively investigated 32 patients (mean/median age: 20.1/18 years, range: 11-53 years,
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