While both psychotherapy and medication can be effective for children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder, therapy may be the best choice, according to a review of studies on the topic.
Such non-drug treatment, specifically a process involving exposure and response prevention (ERP), is not as widely available as medication, but it appears to be associated with fewer residual symptoms, a team of Mayo Clinic researchers report.
Therapy better than meds for kids, teens with OCD
