Middle childhood
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Challenges in Child and Adolescent
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Elaine Chung
1
and Isobel Heyman
2
1
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, The Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
2
National and Specialist Service for paediatric obsessive compulsive disorder, South London and
Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, UK
THE ‘HIDDEN PROBLEM’
Young people with obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD) and their families report that one of the
most challenging aspects of dealing with OCD is
recognition of the problem. This includes realizing
that the symptoms, as they emerge, are part of
OCD (
Box 26.1).
Box 26.1
Symptoms of obsessive-
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