Reduction of subjective distress in CBT for childhood OCD: nature of change, predictors, and relation to treatment outcome.

ABSTRACT: Little research has investigated changes in subjective distress during cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety disorders in youth. In the current study, 40 youth diagnosed with primary obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD; M age = 11.9 years, 60% male, 80% Caucasian) and 36 parent informants completed separate weekly ratings of child distress for each OC symptom during a 12-session course of CBT. Between-session changes in distress were calculated at the start of, on average throughout, and at the end of treatment. On average throughout treatment, child- and parent-reported decreases in child distress were significant. Baseline OCD severity, functional impairment, and internalizing symptoms predicted degree of change in child distress. Additionally, greater decreases in child distress

SUBMITTER: Kircanski K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3796125 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature