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September 10, 2025European Child & Adolescent PsychiatryOpen Access

Family-based cognitive behavioral therapy versus family-based psychoeducation and relaxation training for obsessive-compulsive disorder in children and adolescents: a randomized clinical trial (TECTO)

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APAnne Katrine PagsbergNLNicole Nadine LønfeldtCTChristine Lykke Thoustrup

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Overview

Randomized clinical trial compared cognitive behavioral therapy and psychoeducation in children with OCD, suggesting CBT may reduce symptoms more effectively.

Key Points

  • FCBT resulted in a significant symptom reduction compared to FPRT in pediatric OCD with a mean CY-BOCS score of 15.9 versus 19.9.
  • At week-16, FCBT demonstrated a statistically significant lower score by 3.89 points on the CY-BOCS scale, indicating effective symptom management.
  • In this single-center randomized controlled trial, 130 participants aged 8-17 years were allocated to either FCBT or FPRT over 14 sessions.
  • Findings support that family-based CBT is more effective than psychoeducation in managing pediatric OCD symptoms, though both interventions were tolerable.

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Pagsberg et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1a27254b1d3bfb60ddbb2https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-025-02797-4
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