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Thomsen PH. Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents. A review of the literature. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1994;3(3):138-158doi: 10.1007/BF02720322.
Thomsen, P. H. (1994). Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents. A review of the literature. European child & adolescent psychiatry, 3(3), 138-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02720322
Thomsen, Per Hove. "Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents. A review of the literature." European child & adolescent psychiatry vol. 3,3 (1994): 138-158. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02720322
Thomsen PH. Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents. A review of the literature. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1994 Jul;3(3):138-158. doi: 10.1007/BF02720322. PMID: 29871422.
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Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1994 Jul;3(3):138-158. doi: 10.1007/BF02720322.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents. A review of the literature.

European child & adolescent psychiatry

Per Hove Thomsen

Affiliations

  1. Children's Psychiatric Hospital, Harald Selmersvej 66, 8240, Risskov, Denmark.

PMID: 29871422 DOI: 10.1007/BF02720322

Abstract

The literature on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents is reviewed. On the basis of the epidemiological data it is concluded that OCD is far more common among children and adolescents than was previously believed. However, good epidemiological studies in other parts of the world than the US are still needed. Follow-up studies of the course of OCD with a childhood onset are still very few in number. Recent studies show that OCD is a disabling disorder for many of the patients, also in adult life, but that a considerable proportion of the patients seems to "recover" from their obsessions and compulsions in adulthood. There are indications that treatment response in childhood, parental psychopathology, and severity of the OCD migh predict the outcome. The biological aspects of OCD are reviewed. The serotonin transmitter system seems to be involved in the pathogenesis of adult as well as childhood OCD. Additionally, most studies demonstrate a high degree of neuropsychological and neurological deficits in children with OCD. Comorbidity in childhood, and the concept of OCD spectrum disorders are presented. Childhood OCD seems to be associated with depression, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, and empathy disorder, whereas there seems to be no convincing relation between OCD and schizophrenia.

Keywords: Adolescent Psychiatry; Anorexia Nervosa; Asperger Syndrome; Eating Disorder; Personality Disorder

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