OCD as an ‘intruder’:
Child-oriented manuals
for treating OCD commonly use an externaliz-
ing approach [24]. The child is helped to see OCD
as an ‘intruder’ who is spoiling their life by seeking
to control their thoughts and actions. Treatment
is aimed at giving the child and family effective
means of controlling the intruder – saying ‘No’ to
OCD. This ‘externalizing’ approach to the disor-
der, giving it a name, and learning how to ‘fight’
it, is a useful technique in child and adolescent
treatment.
The Secret Problem
is a helpful chil-
dren’s cartoon book about OCD that exemplifies
this approach [25].
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