Obsessive compulsive disorder in childhood and adolescence

Question 1

Childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by:

Answer 1

recurrent intrusive thoughts associated with anxiety or fear and/or repetitive purposeful mental or behavioral actions aimed at reducing fears and tensions caused by obsessions

Question 2

Percent and age of onset of OCD

Answer 2

25% have an age of onset at 14 years old

Question 3

Clinical presentation of OCD in childhood vs adolence

Answer 3

Very similiar

Differences are that children and adolocents with OCD do not consider their obsessional thoughts or behaviours to be unrealistic

Question 4

Treatment of OCD in youth

Answer 4

CBT alone or CBT + SSRIs