Attention Deficit Disorders

Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and Sertraline for OCD

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Abstract

The efficacy of cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) alone and medical management with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor sertraline alone, or CBT and sertraline combined, as initial treatment for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), was evaluated by a randomized controlled trial conducted at Duke, Penn and Brown Universities.

Keywords:

Cognitive-Behavior TherapyObsessive-Compulsive DisorderDiarrhea
  • Page/Article: 87-88
  • DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-18-11-7
  • Published on 1 Nov 2004
  • Peer Reviewed