Obsessive compulsive disorder in childhood
作者:
Alice Carter,
Rachel Pollock,
期刊:
Current Opinion in Pediatrics
(OVID Available online 2000)
卷期:
Volume 12,
issue 4
页码: 325-330
ISSN:1040-8703
年代: 2000
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) involves obsessions and compulsions that cause impairment and distress, and which interfere with children’s developmental adaptation and daily functioning. Furthermore, OCD often disrupts peer and family relationships and school performance and may compromise physical health. Once considered rare, recent epidemiologic studies report prevalence rates ranging from 1% in prepubertal children to 4% in adolescents. In addition, children with OCD are at high risk for comorbid psychopathology. Recent theoretic formulations for OCD encourage the integration of both psychological and biological perspectives. To fully understand the cause and course of OCD, integrated assessment of psychological and biological vulnerability as well as prospective longitudinal studies are needed.
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