Short and Intensive Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Intensive Treatment Week: "A Future Without Constraint"
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Sponsor
- Susanne Walitza
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Symptoms severity of obsessive and compulsive symptoms in children and adolescents
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 11 months ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Obsessive-compulsive disorders are very damaging illnesses; they can already appear in childhood and adolescence and become extremely chronic. With an average prevalence from 1-3%, they are among the most common psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. 40% of diagnosed children and young adults display persistent and increasingly chronic symptoms and O-C disorders are highly complex syndromes with broadly varying manifestations. They arise from obsessive thoughts (ideas/thoughts or impulses, often senseless or tortured, that impose themselves or intrude) and obsessive behavior (ritualized patterns that must be frequently repeated).
Investigators
Susanne Walitza
Head of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Psychiatric University Hospital, Zurich
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder diagnosis
- •Male and female patients from 8-18 years
- •Good German language speaking skills
- •IQ of at least 75
- •At least four days' participation in the treatment/therapy week
- •Written agreement after clear explanation
Exclusion Criteria
- •No complete participation in the intensive week treatment/therapy
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Symptoms severity of obsessive and compulsive symptoms in children and adolescents
Time Frame: 12 months
The clinician-report questionnaire (BY-BOCS) contains 19 items designed to assess severity of obsessive and compulsive symptoms in children and adolescents.The test uses a 4-point scale to rate the severity of their obsessive compulsive behaviors. Higher score means a worse outcome.