A Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences of Children and Adolescents with Tourette Syndrome.

Objective: The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of youth with Tourette Syndrome (TS).

Method: Thirteen participants with TS were recruited from a large tertiary care hospital to complete semi-structured interviews and two questionnaires pertaining to demographic information and tic severity. Thematic analysis was utilized to systematically analyze the data.

Humour-related interventions for people with mental illness: a randomized controlled pilot study.

This study explored the feasibility and effects of humour-related interventions for mentally ill adults. Twelve, randomly assigned, participated in each of 3 arms--stand up comedy training (the experimental arm), discussing comedy videos (the active control arm), and no humour-related intervention (the passive control arm). Quantitative and qualitative data were collected at baseline, end of interventions (3 months) and follow up (after another 3 months).