title: Pharmacotherapy in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abstract: This article examines the general principles of psychopharmacologic treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents. It includes a description of the currently approved medications for the treatment of children and adolescents with OCD, their side effect profiles, approaches to refractory OCD, and a discussion of drug interactions. Future directions for research are also considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grados
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scahill
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Riddle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors