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.