Extended treatment of multimodal cognitive behavioral therapy in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder improves symptom reduction: a within-subject design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Based on the current state of research regarding the treatment in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) (in severe cases with additional pharmacotherapy) is considered as the first-line treatment according to internationally recognized guidelines. Research is mostly based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs; efficacy research). Thus, examined treatment conditions, especially the treatment duration, and patients' characteristics do not necessarily correspond to those found within routine care. Studies showed CBT packages as a whole to be efficacious, but less is known about the effects of individual CBT components. Furthermore, effects on comorbid symptoms or psychosocial impairment have been often neglected and different rate

SUBMITTER: Adam J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9737735 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature