OS-TICS
UnvalidatedOpenScreener Tic & Tourette Screen
4 years – adultParent, Self, Clinician~3 min15 questions
A tic is a sudden, rapid, repeated movement or sound that isn’t done on purpose. Answer about the whole history of tics, not just this week. Some questions only appear when they apply.
Report details · optional
Shown on the report and stored with the screening record. Use initials or a code, not full names.
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About this screener — evidence, source, what inspired it
Walks through the features clinicians use to classify tic disorders — motor vs vocal, single vs multiple, duration, age at onset, premonitory urges — and returns the matching DSM-5-TR category pattern: Tourette’s disorder, persistent (chronic) motor or vocal tic disorder, or provisional tic disorder. It also asks about frequent co-occurring problems.
Evidence · unvalidated
This is an OpenScreener original instrument. Its thresholds are provisional, set by expert judgement rather than population norms, and have not yet been validated. Treat results as a structured record of concerns, not a score with known sensitivity or specificity.
Inspired by
- Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) · Leckman et al., Yale
Clinician inventory of motor vs phonic and simple vs complex tics, with an impairment rating. - MOVES (Motor tic, Obsessions and compulsions, Vocal tic Evaluation Survey) · Gaffney et al.
Self/parent screen combining tic items with obsessive-compulsive symptoms. - Premonitory Urge for Tics Scale (PUTS) · Woods et al.
Assessment of the sensory urge preceding tics.
Not affiliated with these publishers. No items, norms or scoring materials from them are used — only publicly described constructs and procedures. Scores are not interchangeable.
Source & licence
OpenScreener contributors. OpenScreener Tic & Tourette Screen (OS-TICS), v0.1, 2026. Classification logic follows DSM-5-TR tic disorder criteria.
Licence: CC BY 4.0