Improving access to psychological treatments for children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

该项目旨在改善强迫症儿童获得心理治疗的机会。首先，将进行系统的回顾，以建立维持儿童强迫症的心理机制。研究亦会与7至12岁强迫症儿童的家长进行质性访谈，以了解家长养育强迫症儿童的经验，以及他们对家长参与治疗儿童强迫症的不同程度的看法。系统回顾和定性访谈的结果将为开发治疗师指导的、父母提供的强迫症儿童治疗提供信息。这将基于临床环境中常规使用的现有认知行为疗法（CBT）方法。一旦开发，初步评估的治疗师指导，家长提供的治疗儿童强迫症将进行。

This project aims to improve access to psychological treatments for children with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). First, a systematic review will be conducted to establish the psychological mechanisms which maintain OCD in childhood. Qualitative interviews with parents of children aged 7 to 12 years old with OCD will also be conducted, to understand parents' experiences of parenting a child with OCD, and their views towards different levels of parent involvement in treatment for childhood OCD. The results of the systematic review and qualitative interviews will inform the development of a therapist guided, parent delivered treatment for children with OCD. This will be based on an existing Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach routinely used in clinical settings. Once developed, a preliminary evaluation of the therapist guided, parent delivered treatment for childhood OCD will be conducted.