Tics and TikTok: Functional Tics Spread Through Social Media.
functional movement disorder
mass psychogenic illness
psychogenic tics
social media
Journal
Movement disorders clinical practice
ISSN: 2330-1619
Titre abrégé: Mov Disord Clin Pract
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101630279
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
Historique:
received:
16
02
2021
revised:
07
05
2021
accepted:
12
05
2021
entrez:
12
11
2021
pubmed:
13
11
2021
medline:
13
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Functional movement disorder is a subtype of functional neurologic symptom disorder a syndrome of involuntary physical, neurologic-type symptoms that are incongruous with "organic" disease. Throughout history, there have been outbreaks of functional symptoms in communities; until recently, spread had been confined to groups of people who shared a physical location. However, in the era of social media, a new mode of dissemination may have arisen. We describe six teenage girls, each with the explosive onset of tic-like movements. Mean age of onset was 14.2 years. The presence of features incongruous with Tourette syndrome on history and examination prompted the diagnosis of functional tics. All patients reported exposure to a specific social media personality before symptom onset. Our series suggests that social media may contribute to the spread of functional neurologic symptom disorder, in a way previously requiring physical proximity.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Functional movement disorder is a subtype of functional neurologic symptom disorder a syndrome of involuntary physical, neurologic-type symptoms that are incongruous with "organic" disease. Throughout history, there have been outbreaks of functional symptoms in communities; until recently, spread had been confined to groups of people who shared a physical location. However, in the era of social media, a new mode of dissemination may have arisen.
CASES
METHODS
We describe six teenage girls, each with the explosive onset of tic-like movements. Mean age of onset was 14.2 years. The presence of features incongruous with Tourette syndrome on history and examination prompted the diagnosis of functional tics. All patients reported exposure to a specific social media personality before symptom onset.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Our series suggests that social media may contribute to the spread of functional neurologic symptom disorder, in a way previously requiring physical proximity.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34765689
doi: 10.1002/mdc3.13267
pii: MDC313267
pmc: PMC8564820
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
1248-1252Informations de copyright
© 2021 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that there are no funding sources or conflicts of interest relevant to this work.
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