Concentrated Exposure and Response Prevention for Children With Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

The Childrens Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale is a semi-structured interview made up of 10 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale evaluating the severity of Obsessions and Compulsions across five dimensions; Frequency, Interference, Distress, Resistance, and Control, during the previous week and up to the time of interview. The total score varies between 0 and 40. Higher scores indicate higher severity of Obsessions and Compulsions.

The Clinical Global Impression is a brief, stand-alone assessment of the clinicians view of the patients global functioning prior to and after initiating treatment. It comprises two one-item measures evaluating (a) severity of psychopathology from 1 to 7 where a higher score indicates a higher severity, and (b) change from the initiation of treatment from 1 to 7, where a lower score indicates more improvement (1=very much improved, 2=much improved, 3=minimally improved, 4=no change, 5=minimally worse, 6=much worse, 7=very much worse)

The Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale - Child Version is a 20-item self-report instrument that assesses the severity of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptoms along four empirically supported theme-based dimensions: (a) contamination, (b) responsibility for harm and mistakes, (c) incompleteness/symmetry, and (d) unacceptable (taboo) thoughts.over the preceding one month. The scale is developed for children and adolescents aged 7 to 17 years. Within each subscale, the five item scores are summed to produce a subscale score (range = 0-20). The four subscale scores can be summed to produce an overall DOCS total score (range = 0-80). Higher score indicate higher severity of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

A 21-item self-report measure that assesses obsessive compulsive symptoms in children and adolescents aged 7 to 17 years over the preceding one month. It is a Likert-type rating scale, scored 0 to 2 (where 0 = never, 1 = sometimes and 2 = always). The total score varies between 0 and 42 where higher scores indicate more symptoms.

The Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale - Parent Version is a 20-item self-report instrument that assesses the severity of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptoms along four empirically supported theme-based dimensions: (a) contamination, (b) responsibility for harm and mistakes, (c) incompleteness/symmetry, and (d) unacceptable (taboo) thoughts.over the preceding one month. The scale is developed for parents or legal guardians to children and adolescents aged 7 to 17 years. Within each subscale, the five item scores are summed to produce a subscale score (range = 0-20). The four subscale scores can be summed to produce an overall DOCS total score (range = 0-80). Higher score indicate higher severity of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Parental assessment that aims to measure family members participation in or facilitation of rituals and/or avoidance in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The first section consists of a symptom checklist for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The second section contains 19 items that examine the frequency of accommodating behaviors carried out by the relative. Each item is rated on a 5-point scale (0 = none/never, 4 = every day). The total score varies between 0 and 76 points. Higher scores indicate more family accommodation.