Comprehensive behavioral intervention for tics or CBIT is found to relieve some of the distressing symptoms of Tourette syndrome and has helped many victims.

Behavioral therapy may be a good option, especially since two-thirds of patients on drugs do not take them properly complaining of weight gain and drowsiness.
CBIT is not being used to its full extent and it is high time more awareness is created about its benefits, so that specialists try out this method first before resorting to medication.
Source-Medindia