Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Age Factors
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Behavior Therapy
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Clomipramine / therapeutic use
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Comorbidity
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Counseling
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Desipramine / therapeutic use
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Family Therapy
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / drug therapy
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / epidemiology
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / therapy*
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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / therapeutic use
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Tic Disorders / drug therapy
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Tic Disorders / epidemiology
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Tic Disorders / therapy
Substances
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Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
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Clomipramine
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Desipramine