Obsessive compulsive disorder in children and adolescents: issues in management.
Clinical experience with children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) suggests the need for long-term care. In addition to maintenance drug treatment, behavior therapy and family counseling are usually indicated. Family counseling can help prevent the avoidant behavior that is a serious complication of OCD. The outcome for OCD in children and adolescents has been improved by the use of these active long-term therapies.
Rapoport
J L
JL
Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Md. 20892.
Leonard
H L
HL
Swedo
S E
SE
Lenane
M C
MC
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002997:Clomipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015897:Comorbidity; D003376:Counseling; D003891:Desipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013981:Tic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy
D002997:Clomipramine; D003891:Desipramine; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors