title: Cognitive-behavioral and insight-oriented psychotherapy of an eleven-year-old boy with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abstract: This article describes the use of combined cognitive-behavioral and insight-oriented psychotherapy with an 11-year-old boy who had severe obsessive-compulsive disorder of recent onset. Treatment was well accepted by the child and his parents and resulted in rapid relief of symptoms. At 12- and 18-month follow-ups this child was functioning well at home and in school.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington 05401.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Willmuth
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy