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Background and purpose
In 2020, health professionals witnessed a dramatic increase in referrals of young people with rapid onset of severe tic‐like behaviours. We assembled a working group to develop criteria for the clinical diagnosis of functional tic‐like behaviours (FTLBs) to help neurologists, pediatricians, psychiatrists, and psychologists recognize and diagnose this condition.
Methods
We...
Pediatric acute‐onset neuropsychiatric syndrome is a clinical concept used to describe a subgroup of children with sudden onset of psychiatric and somatic symptoms. The diagnostic term and especially management of children differs depending on the clinical setting to which they present, and the diagnosis and management is controversial. The aim of this paper is to propose a clinical guidance including...