Cited by 139Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive ProcessesPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research

Evidence base update for psychosocial treatments for pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder

Open access
Freeman, Jennifer, Garcia, Abbe, Frank, Hannah, Benito, Kristen, Conelea, Christine, Walther, Michael, Edmunds, Julie·2014·Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

Abstract

Pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic and impairing condition that often persists into adulthood. Barrett, Farrell, Pina, Peris, and Piacentini (2008), in this journal, provided a detailed review of evidence-based psychosocial treatments for youth with OCD. The current review provides an evidence base update of the pediatric OCD psychosocial treatment literature with particular attention to advances in the field as well as to the methodological challenges inherent in evaluating such findings. Psychosocial treatment studies conducted since the last review are described and evaluated according to methodological rigor and evidence-based classification using the JCCAP evidence-based treatment evaluation criteria (Southam-Gerow & Prinstein, this issue). Findings from this review clearly converge in support of cognitive-behavioral therapy as an effective and appropriate first line treatment for youth with OCD (either alone or in combination with medication). Although no treatment for pediatric OCD has yet to be designated as "well-established," both individual and individual family-based treatments have been shown to be "probably efficacious." Moderators and predictors of treatment outcome are discussed as are the areas where we have advanced the field and the areas where we have room to grow. The methodological and clinical challenges inherent in a review of the evidence base are reviewed. Finally, future research directions are outlined.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1080/15374416.2013.804386

Cites

107 of 107 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • ERP is the gold-standard psychotherapy for pediatric OCD.

    “RI may be particularly relevant to OCD treatment involving exposure and response prevention (ERP), the gold-standard psychotherapy for pediatric OCD (Freeman et al., 2014).”

    From Response Inhibition in Youth Undergoing Intensive Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (2023) · cites this paper as Freeman et al., 2014

    The Theoretical Foundation section describes ERP as a critical component of CBT for pediatric OCD, and the Evaluative Conclusions identify CBT as an appropriate first-line treatment. The paper does not designate ERP alone as the gold-standard psychotherapy; it also notes that no pediatric OCD treatment had yet been classified as well established. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 1

  1. March J Mulle K OCD in children and adolescents: A cognitive-behavioral treatment manual 1998 Guilford Press New York, NY

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Freeman, J., Garcia, A., Frank, H., Benito, K., Conelea, C., Walther, M., & Edmunds, J.
Affiliations
Brown University (US)
Corresponding author
Freeman, Jennifer
Venue
Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
Published
2013-06-09
Volume
43
Issue
1
Pages
7-26
ISSN
  • 1537-4416 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-4424
OpenAlex
W2090269537
Cited by
139
References
107
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 1
FWCI
13.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (F32MH095274)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Keywords
pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder, psychosocial interventions, cognitive behavioral therapy, family-based treatment, predictors of treatment outcome
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Humans, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Evidence-Based Medicine

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review