Avoidance, Insight, Impairment Recognition Concordance, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Outcomes in Pediatric Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Insight and avoidance are commonly discussed factors in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that have demonstrated associations with increased severity as well as reduced treatment response in adults, but these factors have not been sufficiently examined in pediatric OCD. This study examined the impacts of avoidance, insight, and impairment recognition concordance on cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) outcomes as well as impacts of CBT on insight and avoidance in a large sample of youths affected by OCD.

Method

Data from 573 OCD-affected youths enrolled in CBT trials were aggregated. Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale items measured treatment response, insight, and avoidance. Standardized differences between child and parent ratings of impairment were

SUBMITTER: Selles RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7179819 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature