Randomized controlled trial of full and brief cognitive-behaviour therapy and wait-list for paediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1269-1278

  Bolton, Derek ^a   Williams, Tim ^b   Perrin, Sean ^a   Atkinson, Linda ^a   Gallop, Catherine ^c   Waite, Polly ^b   Salkovskis, Paul ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescents; CBT; children; obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 80054971661     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02419.x     Document Type: Review

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