OCD Summer Treatment Program for Adolescents in Iceland

Intensive OCD Summer Treatment Program for 12-18-year-old Adolescents in Iceland

The aim of the study is to examine the effectiveness of OCD treatment delivered in a group format for adolescents during a two week intensive summer treatment program.

The present study evaluates the effectiveness of the Icelandic adaptation of the Pediatric OCD Summer Program, originally developed by the British Columbia Children's Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. Specifically, it investigates the efficacy of this intensive intervention for Icelandic adolescents with OCD and their parents. The study also examines how executive functioning and emotion regulation may change over the course of treatment and influence outcomes, particularly among adolescents with co-occurring neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD and/or autism. The program will be implemented annually as an open clinical trial to accumulate a larger dataset and address these research questions comprehensively.

Inclusion Criteria:

• OCD diagnosis
• Adolescents are fluent in Icelandic
• Parents are fluent in Icelandic or English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Intellectual disability
• Severe suicidal ideation
• Acute psychiatric disorders requiring immediate intervention, e.g. schizophrenia
• Severely impairing levels of autism prohibiting group participation