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Treatment of an 11-year-old Obsessive-compulsive Ritualizer and Tiqueur Girl with in vivo Exposure and Response Prevention

  • P. Zikis (a1)
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A case is described of an 11-year-old schoolgirl with both obsessive-compulsive rituals and tics of sudden onset following a traumatic event at the age of five. Treatment consisted of exposure in vivo and response prevention directed mainly towards her obsessive-compulsive rituals as they were considered the primary problem. Following the initial therapist–patient out-patient session and home treatment with her mother, the obsessive-compulsive rituals disappeared and the tics decreased. Three weeks later the tics disappeared without specific treatment and the patient has maintained her improvement at follow-up, 52 weeks later. The actual therapist–patient time was about an hour.

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
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