OCD in Kids and Youth News

"The idea that mental or behavioral disorders could be due to infection is, therefore, not new but it remains surprisingly difficult to accept."

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Summer Intensive Program for Youth Anxiety for ages 7-17 beginning July 9.

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"The sudden onset of a tic disorder in 15 upstate New York teens might be the result of a strep or other microbial contagion, not "conversion disorder"

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"Parents have used the word 'possessed,' " says Susan Swedo, chief of pediatrics and developmental neuroscience at the National Institute of Mental Health who first made the connection to strep in the mid-1990s. "Their sweet, wonderful child turns into a monster seemingly overnight."

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Cases of children suddenly exhibiting obsessive-compulsive disorder after strep has led to studies that reinforce the belief that some mental illnesses can be triggered by an immune response.

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USA today recently published an article about OCD in Children.

"Historically, OCD has been viewed as an adult anxiety syndrome, but research now suggests it often begins in childhood. Estimates suggest 1% to 2% of children and teens have the disabling condition — at least a few in every U.S. elementary and high school."

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New study reporting findings of effective treatment for kids with OCD. Click here to read a summary of the results. Click here to read the article.