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New Treatment Study

New treatment study for young people with OCD (12-18 years old)

Can cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for OCD work better if you take a special medicine at each treatment session?

The government recommends cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) as the first-choice treatment for children and adolescents with OCD. CBT helps young people learn how to gradually face their fears and stop doing compulsions. Although many young people improve with CBT, some do not respond or do not make a full recovery. Research with adults has recently shown that taking a medicine called Cycloserine at the same time as having a CBT session, might help CBT work better and more quickly. Doctors think that this medicine might help people to learn new things more quickly.

This is a very exciting research finding, and we are now testing whether adding this medicine to CBT is more beneficial than CBT alone for young people (up to 18 years) with OCD.

The project has been approved by the King’s College Hospital Research Ethics Committee.

You would be eligible for the project even if you have had CBT in the past or are currently on stable doses of other medication.

If you are interested in participating, please download and complete this form, print it out and take it to your GP or local child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) to discuss whether they would make a referral to our clinic. You or your parents cannot make the referral to the clinic.

For further information please contact Dr David Mataix-Cols, Dr Cynthia Turner or Dr Isobel Heyman (Young People’s OCD Clinic, Maudsley Hospital).

Telephone: 020 3228 5222
Email: christine.fuller@slam.nhs.uk

Tags: Research, Study, Treatment