Distinct trajectories of long-term symptom severity in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder during and after stepped-care treatment.
Sanne JensenDavíð R M A HøjgaardKatja Anna HybelErik Lykke MortensenGudmundur SkarphedinssonKarin MelinTord IvarssonJudith Becker NissenBernhard WeidleRobert ValderhaugNor Christian TorpKitty DahlScott N ComptonPer Hove ThomsenPublished in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2019)
The LCGA suggests three distinct trajectory classes of long-term symptom severity during and after treatment in pediatric OCD with different clinical profiles at pretreatment. The results point to required clinical attention for adolescent patients with contamination/cleaning and anxiety symptoms who do not show convincing responses to first-line treatment even though they may have reached the established cutoff for treatment response.