Clinical trials have focused on understanding tic suppression, comorbid conditions, novel treatment approaches such as botulinum toxin, and targeted behavioral therapies.
It has features resembling other complex tics such as echolalia or coprolalia, but unlike other aphasias, palilalia is based upon contextually correct speech.
These phenomena are also defined as generalized or focal uncomfortable feelings or sensations preceding tics that usually are relieved by the movement.