Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents

by Judith L. Rapoport

Book Overview

This book examines the early development of obsessive-compulsive disorder (which now affects over one million children and adolescents) and describes two effective treatments: behavior modification and drug treatment with clomipramine. Based on research from the National Institute of Mental Health, this book's theoretical sections probe the frontiers of today's scientific understanding of this disorder and present information applicable to all age...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880482826
• ISBN13: 9780880482820
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher