Obsessive-compulsive disorder: Tools for recognizing its many expressions

Second, the Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale—Child Report and Parent Report²⁷ consist of 2 subscales assessing the distress and impairment caused by Obsessions and Compulsions. Items are related to 1) time devoted to obsessions/compulsions, 2) functional impairment, 3) level of distress, 4) attempts to resist obsessions/compulsions, and 5) success in resisting obsessions/compulsions. The parent-report version of this questionnaire is included in APPENDIX B.

Third, the Child Obsessive Compulsive Impact Scale (COIS)²⁸ assesses the extent to which symptoms cause impairment in specific areas of child psychosocial functioning (eg, school activities, social activities, and home/family activities).

Fourth, the Florida Obsessive-Compulsive Student Inventory²⁹ is a teacherrated measure that can be used to assess symptom presence and severity in the school setting.

Part 2 of this article discusses treatment strategies for OCD. Look for it in next month’s JFP.

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Eric A. Storch, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Box 100234, Gainesville, FL 32610. E-mail: estorch@psychiatry.ufl.edu