A study of phenomenology, psychiatric co-morbidities, social and adaptive functioning in children and adolescents with OCD.

Objective: To study the phenomenology, social, adaptive and global functioning of children and adolescents with OCD.

Background: Studies have shown varying prevalence of paediatric OCD ranging from 1% to 4%. Childhood-onset OCD have some important differences in sex distribution, presentation, co-morbidities and insight.

A clinical study of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents from North Indian children and adolescents clinic.

Background And Objectives: Anxiety disorders are the most common group of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. But few studies on specific anxiety disorders in children and adolescents are available in India. Therefore, this study was planned to identify anxiety disorders in children and adolescents in an Indian psychiatry outpatient setting and elicit its phenomenology and co-morbidities.

Pediatric anxiety disorders.

Anxiety disorders are the most common group of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents can be chronic and disabling, and they can increase the risk of comorbid disorders. Anxiety is associated with substantial negative effects on children's social, emotional and academic success.