MANUALIZED COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER IN CHILDHOOD - A PRELIMINARY SINGLE-CASE STUDY

Using a within-subject multiple baseline design plus global ratings ac ross treatment weeks, the authors conducted a Preliminary evaluation o f the effectiveness of manualized cognitive-behavioral Psychotherapy i n an eight-year-old girl with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Ele ven weeks of treatment produced complete resolution in OCD symptoms; t reatment gains were maintained at six-month follow-up. Symptom reducti on within each baseline was specific to the exposure and/or response p revention targets for that baseline; generalization across baselines a ppeared late in treatment.