title: Dimensional approach to obsessive-compulsive disorder in childhood and adolescence.
abstract: Based on a review of the charts of child and adolescent psychiatric patients, a group of patients with obsessive-compulsive symptoms and a control group were identified. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms described in the charts were classified according to form using the checklist of Khanna et al. By use of latent trait models, a 6-item obsessive-compulsive rating scale was established revealing a dimensional rather than a categorical distribution of obsessive-compulsive symptoms. The correlation with other clinical features was investigated.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatric Demography, Aarhus Psychiatric Hospital, Risskov, Denmark.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010553:Personality Development; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics