The obsessive child: a therapy update.
Literature on treatment of childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is reviewed and evaluated in order to present a therapy update of the disorder since 1973. Sixteen treatment reports show a move toward eclecticism that blends biologic as well as group "psychosocial" therapies with the individual psychosocial therapies oriented to emotion, thinking and behavior in OCD.
D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*