iCBT for Children and Adolescents With Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents With Obsessive-compulsive Disorder

Internet-based psychotherapy for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive symptoms and an age of 7 to 17 years. Sessions are verified with teleconferencing with an psychotherapist, children and their parents. The psychotherapy is supported by an App and a wristband to obtain psychophysiological data.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children and adolescents (ages 7-17) with a primary DSM-5 obsessive-compulsive disorder and at least 1 primary caretaker
• German-speaking (child & caretakers)
• Family home equipped with broadband connection and appropriate computer, monitor, HD webcam, and speaker and smart phone

Exclusion Criteria:

• IQ below 70
• A psychiatric comorbidity that makes participation clinically inappropriate (for example, primary anorexia nervosa), depression with suicidality that requires acute treatment, and psychosis