title: Severe obsessive compulsive disorder in adolescence: a report of eight cases.
abstract: The treatment and clinical features of eight adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder severe enough to warrant hospitalization are described. Attempts to use behaviour therapy failed, due to lack of co-operation from the patients. Nevertheless, response to non-specific psychotherapy and milieu therapy was surprisingly good. These observations are somewhat different from those reported in previous literature. The reasons for this difference are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D002997:Clomipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008884:Milieu Therapy; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012723:Sex
chemical_list: D002997:Clomipramine