Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center
Family-Based Treatment of Young Children with OCD
Principal Investigator
Pediatric
Anxiety Research Clinic
Funding Source
National Institute of Mental Health
Description
This project develops and evaluates a specific family-based treatment
for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) during early childhood (five
to eight years of age). This study is currently in its last phase.
Phase one included the creation and development of a cognitive behavioral
therapy (CBT) manual and a comparison relaxation training manual.
A pilot study then tested the relaxation treatment and the family-based
CBT in a small number of children (N=12). The final stage involves
treating a larger group of children (N=30) with this new and specialized
family-based CBT treatment.
Significance
To date, there have been no psychotherapy trials focused on children
of this age with OCD, despite the fact that the illness often begins
at this young age. Early childhood OCD treatments need to be developed,
as they currently do not exist-especially treatments involving the
family.
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