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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine the sociodemographic features of children and adolescents with tic disorders diagnosed by using DSM-IV criteria and theirs presence of comorbid any psychiatric disorders. METHODS: Total 48 of children and adolescents aged 7-16 years who, admitted to the Child and Adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinic, have diagnosed with tic disorders according to the DSM-IV criteria and had normal intelligent quotient (IQ) consisted of the patient group. The control group was constituted by 48 of children and adolescents, admitted to the same abovementioned clinic, have had no tic disorders and had normal IQ, who age- and sex-matched with the patients. Exclusion criteria of the study was the following: the presence of severe any neurological disorder, mental retardation detected with parametrical measures and/or clinical evaluation and the presence of another disorders which had organic etiology. Children depression invantory (CDI), Screen for Child Anxiety and Related Disorders (SCARD) and The Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory were used for evaluating of depression, anxiety and obsessions respectively. Sociodemographic features of the sampling were evaluated by using “Semi-structured interview form, created by authors of this study” and comorbid psychiatric disorders were determined according to the DSM-IV criteria. Eectroencephalography (EEG) and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-revised (WISC-R) or Stanford Binet Intelligence tests were carried out for all subjects. For statistical analysis, Student’s t test, Mann Whitney-U test and Chi-square were used where is appropriate. p

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