Evidence-Based Assessment of Child Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Recommendations for Clinical Practice and Treatment Research

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) presents heterogeneously and can be difficult to assess in youth. This review focuses on research-supported assessment approaches for OCD in childhood. Content areas include pre-visit screening, diagnostic establishment, differential diagnosis, assessment of comor...

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Autores principales: Lewin, Adam B., Piacentini, John
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2847172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20376181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10566-009-9092-8
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Sumario:Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) presents heterogeneously and can be difficult to assess in youth. This review focuses on research-supported assessment approaches for OCD in childhood. Content areas include pre-visit screening, diagnostic establishment, differential diagnosis, assessment of comorbid psychiatric conditions, tracking symptom severity, determining psychosocial functioning, and evaluating clinical improvement. Throughout this review, similarities and differences between assessment approaches geared towards clinical and research settings are discussed.

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