The aim of this paper is to integrate clinical diagnosis with Evidence Based interventions in the management of obsessive and compulsive disorder among children and adolescents.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder often characterized by the manifestation of obsessive and compulsive actions that are time consuming and interfere with the client’s life. OCD is characterized by recurrent obsessive thoughts or mental images that are disturbing, unwanted and cause distress. The obsessions are distasteful, senseless, and to some people, repugnant. The compulsions are the thoughts that an individual suffering from OCD performs in the attempt to suppress or overcome their obsessions. The compulsive behavior typically involve repetition of some behavior such as washing, avoiding, or checking, or some mental acts that the individual feels compelled to do so as to avoid a dreaded outcome or reduce the distress. These activities are of bizarre quality because they do not relate to what they are supposed to neutralize or in some instances, prevent.
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)
- Introduction
- Background Information
- Clinical features
- Obsessive-compulsive symptoms dimension
- Evidence-based diagnosis of OCD
- Evidence-based treatment
- Psychosocial treatments
- Conclusion
Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)
This paper aims to bridge the gap between clinical diagnosis and evidence-based interventions in the management of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) among children and adolescents.
- Distinguishing OCD symptoms from normal childhood behavior
- Understanding the development and prevalence of OCD in children and adolescents
- Exploring the dimensional approach to OCD symptoms and its clinical implications
- Examining the evidence-based diagnosis and treatment of OCD in young populations
- Highlighting the importance of psychosocial treatments in managing OCD
Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)
The introduction provides a comprehensive overview of OCD, outlining its characteristics, prevalence, and the paper's focus on integrating clinical diagnosis with evidence-based interventions for children and adolescents. The background information section delves into the distinction between normal childhood behaviors and OCD symptoms, emphasizing the impact of the disorder on children's daily functioning and family dynamics.
The clinical features chapter explores the defining characteristics of OCD, including intrusive thoughts, distressing images, and compulsive behaviors. It also discusses the unique presentation of OCD in children, highlighting their potential for exhibiting compulsions without obsessions and their difficulty recognizing symptoms as ego-dystonic.
The obsessive-compulsive symptoms dimension chapter explores the dimensional approach to understanding OCD symptoms, focusing on factors like contamination and cleaning, symmetry and ordering, and hoarding. This section emphasizes the similarities and overlaps in symptom dimensions across different age groups, linking them to genetic and neural imaging variables.
The evidence-based diagnosis of OCD chapter delves into the challenges of differentiating OCD symptoms from developmentally appropriate behaviors in children. It highlights the importance of a thorough clinical evaluation to assess obsessions, compulsions, and sensory phenomena, considering potential subtle manifestations in play activities.
Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), children, adolescents, clinical diagnosis, evidence-based interventions, psychosocial treatments, symptom dimensions, normal childhood behavior, development, prevalence, comorbidity, treatment.
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- Patrick Kimuyu (Author), 2017, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/381351
