Effect of a Family-Based CBT Self-Help Intervention for Adolescents With OCD

Launched by SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER · Apr 16, 2025

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This clinical trial is looking at whether a self-help book can help teenagers aged 10 to 17 with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) who are already taking medication. The main goal is to find out if using this book, along with their medication, can reduce their OCD symptoms more effectively than just medication alone. Researchers will compare how well the combination works versus medication on its own. Participants will read one chapter of the self-help book each week for 12 weeks and complete exercises related to what they read. They will also have checkups at the clinic before and after the 12 weeks.

To participate, teenagers need to be diagnosed with OCD, be stable on their medication for at least six weeks, and have a parent who can support them throughout the study. They should be comfortable reading and writing, and their OCD symptoms should not be too severe. This trial is not yet recruiting, so no one can sign up just yet. However, it aims to find new ways to support young people with OCD, which could be very helpful for families facing this challenge.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Age between 10 and 17 years
• • 2. Satisfied with the diagnostic criteria for OCD in DSM-5
• • 3. 16≤CY-BOCS score ≤23
• • 4. Taking medication stably for 6 weeks
• • 5. Education level ⩾6 years
• • 6. At least one parent can accompany the patients throughout the entire intervention process
• • 7. The patient and the participating parent have sufficient reading and writing skills to complete the treatment intervention
• • 8. The patient and the participating parent have adequate auditory and visual abilities skills to complete the necessary examinations for the study
• • (7) Right-handed (this criterion is for fMRI subjects only) (8) Subjects and their guardians understood the study and signed informed consent.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms were too severe to participate in the experiment(CY-BOCS score ≥24)
• • 2. High risk of suicide
• • 3. Comorbid brain organic diseases, severe somatic diseases, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, severe eating disorders, or substance abuse
• • 4. Completed a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) course for OCD within the past 12 months.
• • 5. An IQ lower than 80
• • 6. Currently undergoing other psychological/physical treatments
• • 7. Uncooperative or unable to complete treatment
• • 8. With metal implants in the body, such as pacemakers, intracranial silver clips, metal dentures, arterial stents, arterial clips, joint metal fixation, or other metal implants, etc. (this criterion is for fMRI subjects only)