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

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Conditions studied: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

In brief

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).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04730011

Run by

Susanne Walitza

People needed

100

Starts

2021-01-01

Expected to finish

2028-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-05-13

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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

You may not qualify if…

• No complete participation in the intensive week treatment/therapy

Where it is running

• Psychiatric University Clinics, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry — Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland (enrolling)

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