Task Force on Tic Disorders
![]() Christos Ganos Chair |
![]() Irene Malaty Co-Chair |
MDS Staff Liaison: Joe Grundle
Task Force Purpose
- To develop a novel axis classification on tic disorders that will separate phenomenology from etiology.
- Within the phenomenology axis of the classification to create a consensus definition of tics and clarify the role of premonitory urges and tic suppressibility within this domain.
- To publish the axis classification in the Movement Disorders Journal.
Task Force Members
David Martino
Michael Okun
Yulia Worbe
Pramod Pal
Joohi Jimenez-Shahed
Don Gilbert
Kevin Black
John Piacentini
Tamara Pringsheim
Mark Hallet
Alexander Muenchau
Kailash Bhatia
Victor Fung
Francisco Cardoso