The immediate effect of COVID-19 pandemic on children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a distressing psychiatric disorder. Traumas may trigger or aggravate OCD symptoms. COVID-19 pandemic has coursed a global crisis and has been associated with onset of psychiatric disorders in adults. Little is known about children/adolescents with OCD. The present study aimed to examine how children/adolescents with OCD react towards COVID-19 crisis.

Methods

A questionnaire was distributed to two separate groups of children/adolescents. One group was a clinical group newly diagnosed at a specialized OCD clinic. All the children/adolescents had a current close contact to a therapist or doctor. The other group was a survey group identified through the Danish OCD Association. Most of these children/adolescents were diagnosed yea

SUBMITTER: Nissen JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7573524 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature