Healio (12/10, Burba) reports, “Children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder [OCD] have experienced worsened symptoms amid the COVID-19 pandemic,” investigators concluded in a study that “distributed a questionnaire to a clinical group of 65 newly diagnosed patients at a specialized OCD clinic, as well as to a survey group of 37 previously diagnosed patients who completed primary treatment.” All participants ranged in age from seven to 21. The findings were published online Oct. 20 in BMC Psychiatry.
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— “COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated OCD symptoms in children and adolescents “Kate Burba, Healio, December 10, 2020