Obsessive-compulsive and spectrum disorders in children and adolescents
DA Geller - Psychiatric Clinics, 2006 - psych.theclinics.com
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a prevalent neuropsychiatric disorder affecting
children and adolescents as well as adults [1–9]. Early clinical descriptions of OCD noted a
childhood onset of the disorder in a substantial proportion of adult cases [10], and in 1903
Janet [11] first described a case of pediatric OCD. Further clinical reports of pediatric OCD
[12–15] appeared in the literature over the next few decades. Later reports of OCD
suggested that about one third of adult cases had a childhood onset [16, 17]. It was not until …
children and adolescents as well as adults [1–9]. Early clinical descriptions of OCD noted a
childhood onset of the disorder in a substantial proportion of adult cases [10], and in 1903
Janet [11] first described a case of pediatric OCD. Further clinical reports of pediatric OCD
[12–15] appeared in the literature over the next few decades. Later reports of OCD
suggested that about one third of adult cases had a childhood onset [16, 17]. It was not until …