Short and Intensive Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Susanne Walitza

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Short and Intensive Treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04730011

KJPP 2020-02053

Details and patient eligibility

About

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).

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

Treatment Group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients are treated based on the Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy. This includes individual and group sessions over one week.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Short and Intensive Treatment