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Pharmacotherapy in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder
M Grados1, L Scahill, M A Riddle
1Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America
|August 12, 1999
Abstract:
This article examines the general principles of psychopharmacologic treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and adolescents. It includes a description of the currently approved medications for the treatment of children and adolescents with OCD, their side effect profiles, approaches to refractory OCD, and a discussion of drug interactions. Future directions for research are also considered.