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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
About 60% of people with TS have either Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) or obsessive compulsive symptoms. The following web sites will provide information to help you better understand OCD and its treatment.
Facts about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder from the National Institute of Mental Health
More detailed information from the National Institute of Mental Health on OCD
OCD information from the Tourette's Plus site
The OC Foundation
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry's site on OCD in Children and Adolescents
Summary of the Practice Parameters for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with OCD
Expert Consensus Treatment Guidelines for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A guide for patients and families
OCD: Its Impact on Educational Success and Classroom Accommodations
Again and Again: OCD web site with articles, books, papers, bulletin boards, chat rooms, organizations and humor; contains links to other sites.
This site has general information about diagnosis and treatment as well as strep/PANDAS* information
* Streptococcal infections are thought to trigger both OCD and tics. This has been called PANDAS (Pediatric Auto-immune Neuro Psychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus). For further information on PANDAS, visit the PANDAS web site.
The following articles will provide information about what is known about the triggering of OCD by streptococcal infections
Garvey MA; Giedd J; Swedo SE
J Child Neurol 1998 Sep;13(9):413-23 (ISSN: 0883-0738)
Nicolson R, Swedo SE, Lenane M, et al.
An open trial of plasma exchange in childhood-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder without poststreptococcal exacerbations.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry (United States), Oct 2000, 39(10) p1313-1315
Monasterio E, Mulder RT, Marshall TD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder in post-streptococcal infection.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry (Australia), Aug 1998, 32(4) p579-81
March JS, Leonard HL
Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents: a review of the past 10 years.
J Am Acad Child Adolescent Psychiatry (United States), Oct 1996, 35(10) p1265-73
Additional information on strep and OCD can be found at the following link:
This site has general information about diagnosis and treatment as well as strep/PANDAS information
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