Children and Their Parents Perceptions of Symptom Severity and Treatment Preference for Tourette Syndrome

Objective: this study surveys children and their parents perceptions, and their treatment preference of significant/bothersome symptoms in children with tourette syndrome. methods: thirty five children and adolescents who referred to an out-patient clinic of a child psychiatry clinic were selected as subjects for this study. the children and their parents were interviewed about their perception of significant/bothersome symptoms of motor tics, vocal tics, learning difficulties, attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, obsessions, compulsions, and rage attacks. results: about two thirds of the subjects had symptom of rage. inattentiveness and hyperactivity were observed in more than half of the children. there was a statistically significant difference between parents and their children in frequency of motor tics and rage attacks . children reported the necessity for controlling and management of these symptoms less than their parents. discussion: the rates of motor, vocal tics and rage attacks in the iranian sample are similar to other studies. rage attack is one of the most common significant/bothersome symptoms reported that should be treated while motor tics were not rated among the most common features that should be treated in a study in canada, it was the most common significant/bothersome symptom in iran. parents perceive motor tics and rage attacks as more significant/bothersome symptoms compared to children