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  • Et nyt studie fra forskere ved Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Centre fandt at børn helt ned til 4 år kan udvikle svær (full-blown) obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) og ofte viser...

    Nyt studie finder svær Obsessiv Compulsiv Disorder (OCD) hos småbørn

    Et nyt studie fra forskere ved Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Centre fandt at børn helt ned til 4 år kan udvikle svær (full-blown) obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) og ofte viser...

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  • Et nyt studie publiceret i Nature tidskriftet Molecular Psychiatry har påvist at intensiv kognitiv adfærds terapi kan ændre aktiviteten i bestemte områder af hjernen. Den opdagelse kan have vigtig klinisk...

    Kort intensiv kognitiv adfærdsterapi har god effekt

    Et nyt studie publiceret i Nature tidskriftet Molecular Psychiatry har påvist at intensiv kognitiv adfærds terapi kan ændre aktiviteten i bestemte områder af hjernen. Den opdagelse kan have vigtig klinisk...

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  • Sekretariatet for Referenceprogrammer (SfR) under Sundhedsstyrelsen afholdte onsdag den 28. november 2007 en høring om Referenceprogram for voksne med angstlidelser. (Referenceprogram er det saame som guideline). I referenceprogrammet anbefaler man bl.a. af der udarbejdes et Referenceprogram for børn med angstlidelser. Indtil det projekt måske bliver realiseret, kan jeg anbefale at man læser American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry udgave, såkaldte Practice Parameters, der kan hentes fra deres hjemmesider Anxiety Disorders (P-ANX) Vol 46 Feb 2007 . Anbefalingerne blev udgive i tidsskriftet Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry:

    Guideline for behandling af børn med angstlidelser

    Sekretariatet for Referenceprogrammer (SfR) under Sundhedsstyrelsen afholdte onsdag den 28. november 2007 en høring om Referenceprogram for voksne med angstlidelser. (Referenceprogram er det saame som guideline). I referenceprogrammet anbefaler man bl.a. af der udarbejdes et Referenceprogram for børn med angstlidelser. Indtil det projekt måske bliver realiseret, kan jeg anbefale at man læser American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry udgave, såkaldte Practice Parameters, der kan hentes fra deres hjemmesider Anxiety Disorders (P-ANX) Vol 46 Feb 2007 . Anbefalingerne blev udgive i tidsskriftet Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry:

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  • While both intensive and weekly cognitive-behavioural treatment (CBT) eventually provide similar extent of improvement for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), intensive treatment may be

    Intensive Cognitive Behavioural Treatment for children

    While both intensive and weekly cognitive-behavioural treatment (CBT) eventually provide similar extent of improvement for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), intensive treatment may be "somewhat more expedient," researchers reported here at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA). Eric A. Storch, PhD, assistant professor, departments of psychiatry and paediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States, and associates randomised 40 children and adolescents with OCD to weekly or intensive CBT. "Cognitive-behavioural treatment with exposure and response prevention alone or with concurrent pharmacotherapy is the first-line therapy for OCD," Dr. Storch said in his presentation on March 31st. "However, a primary limitation remains access to practitioners since most research on CBT has been done in specialised academic centres rather than in routine clinical settings. Thus, patient access to treatment is limited by the availability of trained therapists, and most patients receive no treatment, medication alone, and/or non-CBT psychotherapy." A potential solution, he added, is intensive CBT.

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  • Sekretariatet for Referenceprogrammer under Sundhedsstyrelsen, der er Sundhedsministeriets faglige vejleder, har valgt at iværksætte et referenceprogram for angsttilstande hos voksne. Man har valgt at inddrage OCD-foreningen og Angstforeningen i arbejdet....

    Sundhedsstyrelsen udarbejder klinisk vejledning til angst og OCD behandling

    Sekretariatet for Referenceprogrammer under Sundhedsstyrelsen, der er Sundhedsministeriets faglige vejleder, har valgt at iværksætte et referenceprogram for angsttilstande hos voksne. Man har valgt at inddrage OCD-foreningen og Angstforeningen i arbejdet....

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  • Psychological treatment that teaches children to face their fears is the most effective treatment for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a new Mayo Clinic analysis of previously published research.

    Therapy to overcome fears helps children with obsessive-compulsive disorder

    Psychological treatment that teaches children to face their fears is the most effective treatment for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a new Mayo Clinic analysis of previously published research.

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  • Few conditions are as fascinating to a psychologist as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and few generate as much controversy. Experts disagree over topics related to classification, etiology, and treatment, and differing points of view also occur along disciplinary lines between psychology and psychiatry. Because of the insularity of various scientific communities that study OCD, there is rarely a forum for examining these issues from various perspectives, and for trying to provide a more complex and multifaceted picture of the disorder. This volume creates such a forum.

    Handbook of OCD: Concepts and Controversies

    Few conditions are as fascinating to a psychologist as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and few generate as much controversy. Experts disagree over topics related to classification, etiology, and treatment, and differing points of view also occur along disciplinary lines between psychology and psychiatry. Because of the insularity of various scientific communities that study OCD, there is rarely a forum for examining these issues from various perspectives, and for trying to provide a more complex and multifaceted picture of the disorder. This volume creates such a forum.

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