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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in a 4-Year-Old Child

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a very distressing disorder for both patient and caregiver. Usual onset of the disorder is in late second or early third decade of life. It is diagnosed in children but rarely before 5 years. A case of OCD in a 4-year-old girl is reported here. Diagnostic and t...

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Autores principales: Kulkarni, Harish, Sudarshan, C. Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25969614
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.155647
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description Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a very distressing disorder for both patient and caregiver. Usual onset of the disorder is in late second or early third decade of life. It is diagnosed in children but rarely before 5 years. A case of OCD in a 4-year-old girl is reported here. Diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas in such a situation are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-44182612015-05-12 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in a 4-Year-Old Child Kulkarni, Harish Sudarshan, C. Y. Indian J Psychol Med Case Report Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a very distressing disorder for both patient and caregiver. Usual onset of the disorder is in late second or early third decade of life. It is diagnosed in children but rarely before 5 years. A case of OCD in a 4-year-old girl is reported here. Diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas in such a situation are discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4418261/ /pubmed/25969614 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.155647 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418261/
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