Do You Qualify To Participate In a Study?

Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with Autism? If yes you may be eligible to participate in the studies.

If you qualify to participate in a study, you will receive:
- Assessments by a Board Certified Psychiatrist
- Investigational medication at no cost
- Study-related care and monitoring
- Compensation for time and travel

APG Research provides extensive service to our sponsors, physicians and research patients. Our team has a combined 40 years of clinical research experience in adult and pediatric studies including Major Depression, Autism, Anxiety, Bipolar, OCD, ADHD and Schizophrenic Disorders.

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Tourette’s Syndrome

Tourette’s syndrome is a neurological disorder that’s accompanied by involuntary movements, or tics, which are “frequent, repetitive and rapid.” That doesn’t mean, however, that people with Tourette’s are constantly shouting — despite what that common stereotype might have you believe.

Here are 8 things parents want the public to know:

1. Tourette’s syndrome is not uncommon.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in every 360 children between the ages of 6 and 17 has a Tourette’s syndrome diagnosis. Most of these cases are classified as mild or moderate.

2. For the most part, people with Tourette’s syndrome don’t shout obscenities.
Media portrayals of TS tend to depict the disorder as some sort of cursing disease. In reality, most researchers agree that only about 10 to 15 percent of people with TS uncontrollably curse. But the stereotype has been hard to kick.

3. In fact, not all kids with Tourette’s syndrome have the same symptoms.
Tics, or “repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalizations,” can take all kinds of forms. Eye blinking, facial grimacing, shoulder shrugging, head or shoulder jerking, repetitive throat-clearing, sniffing and grunting sounds are just a few listed by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

4. Oftentimes, children with Tourette’s syndrome are also dealing with mental health conditions.
The CDC reports that 86 percent of people with TS have a concurrent mental health, behavioral or developmental condition, like ADHD (63 percent) or anxiety (49 percent). More than a third also have obsessive-compulsive disorder. That said, TS doesn’t have to be a grim diagnosis.

5. People with Tourette’s syndrome aren’t doing these things for attention — they actually can’t help it.
TS is a neurological disorder, so all of the tics are 100 percent involuntary. According to Breakie, people in her support groups have experienced peers telling them to “stop that” or even teachers sending them out of the classroom for “distracting other students.”

6. Tourette’s syndrome isn’t an intellectual disability.
Oftentimes, people assume that a child with TS has an intellectual disability, which is only the case for 12 percent — people with TS generally have “normal intellectual functioning,” according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.

7. It isn’t helpful if a teacher stops everything when a child experiences tics.
The best thing for teachers do when a kid with TS is tapping or making a noise in the classroom is to just accept it and keep teaching. If a teacher appears understanding, quite often the rest of the class will follow suit.

8. Kids with Tourette’s syndrome aren’t any different than other kids.
They would rather educate people and tell them what’s going on than have people avoid them or make judgements about them without taking the time to know them. It’s about having an open dialogue and an understanding that these kids are wonderful, great, smart, talented little people that need to be included.

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Bipolar Disorder Prevalence

This condition, characterized by extreme highs and lows in mood, affects more than half a million Americans.

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that causes extreme shifts in a person's mood and energy levels.

A person with bipolar disorder may experience euphoric highs (sometimes called manic episodes, or mania) and lows that can be similar to depression.

These shifts are more severe than the normal changes in mood that affect everyone, and they can affect your ability to complete day-to-day tasks.

Bipolar Disorder Prevalence

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) estimates that 2.6 percent of U.S. adults, or roughly 600,000 Americans, have bipolar disorder.

More than 80 percent of all cases of the disorder are classified as severe, according to the NIMH.

Researchers don't know the exact cause of bipolar disorder, but it has been linked to genetics, brain structure, and brain functioning.

Recent studies suggest that bipolar disorder runs in families and that people with certain genes mutations — particularly in the ODZ4, NCAN, and CACNA1C genes — are more likely to develop the condition.

But many more genetic and environmental factors are also likely to be involved.

Contact APG Clinical Research today to see if you can qualify for one of our clinical studies involving BiPolar Disorder.

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If Your Child Has Autism Call Us Today

Each child with autism is unique and, so, each autism intervention plan should be tailored to address specific needs.

Intervention can involve behavioral treatments, medicines or both. Many persons with autism have additional medical conditions such as sleep disturbance, seizures and gastrointestinal (GI) distress. Addressing these conditions can improve attention, learning and related behaviors.

Early intensive behavioral intervention involves a child's entire family, working closely with a team of professionals. In some early intervention programs, therapists may come into the home to deliver services. This can include parent training with the parent leading therapy sessions under the supervision of the therapist. Other programs deliver therapy in a specialized center, classroom or preschool

Typically, different interventions and supports become appropriate as a child develops and acquires social and learning skills. As children with autism enter school, for example, they may benefit from targeted social skills training and specialized approaches to teaching.

Contact APG Clinical Research today to see if your child can qualify for one of our clinical studies involving Autism.

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Tourette Syndrome

 

Tourette Syndrome is one type of Tic Disorder. Tics are involuntary, repetitive movements and vocalizations. They are the defining feature of a group of childhood-onset, neurodevelopmental conditions known collectively as Tic Disorders and individually as Tourette Syndrome, Chronic Tic Disorder (Motor or Vocal Type), and Provisional Tic Disorder. The three Tic Disorders are distinguished by the types of tics present (motor, vocal/ phonic, or both) and by the length of time that the tics have been present.

Individuals with Tourette Syndrome (TS) have had at least two motor tics and at least one vocal/ phonic tic in some combination over the course of more than a year. By contrast, individuals with Chronic Tic Disorder have either motor tics or vocal tics that have been present for more than a year, and individuals with Provisional Tic Disorder have tics that have been present for less than a year.

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