children Communication The Effectiveness of Lurasidone Add-On for Residual Aggressive Behavior and Obsessive Symptoms in Antipsychotic-Treated Children and Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome: Preliminary Evidence from a Case Series Marco Colizzi 1,2,3,* , Riccardo Bortoletto 3 and Leonardo Zoccante 3 1 Section of Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy 2 Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK 3 Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry Unit, Maternal-Child Integrated Care Department, Integrated University Hospital of Verona, 37126 Verona, Italy;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +39-045-812-6832 Abstract: Children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome may suffer from comorbid psychological and behavioral difficulties, primarily Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-related manifestations including impulsive, aggressive, and disruptive behavior, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder- related disturbances. Often, such additional problems represent the major cause of disability, re- quiring their prioritization above the tic symptomatology. Here, we present six cases of children Citation: Colizzi, M.; Bortoletto, R.; and adolescents with treatment-resistant Tourette syndrome aged 11–17 years, whose symptoms, Zoccante, L. The Effectiveness of especially the non-tic symptoms such as aggressive behavior and obsessive symptoms, failed to Lurasidone Add-On for Residual respond adequately to at least two different antipsychotics and, where deemed appropriate, to a Aggressive Behavior and Obsessive combination with a medication with a different therapeutic indication or chemical class (e.g., antide- Symptoms in Antipsychotic-Treated pressant or anticonvulsant).