Internet-Delivered, Family-Based Treatment for Early-Onset OCD: A Preliminary Case Series

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-87

  Comer, Jonathan S ^a   Furr, Jami M ^a   Cooper Vince, Christine E ^b   Kerns, Caroline E ^b   Chan, Priscilla T ^b   Edson, Aubrey L ^b   Khanna, Muniya ^c   Franklin, Martin E ^c   Garcia, Abbe M ^d   Freeman, Jennifer B ^d  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84892477040     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2013.855127     Document Type: Article

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