Currently a new evaluation has been made available by Western Psychological Services, which is intended to measure children and adolescent’s problems by incorporating a self-report of moods and anxiety disorder, including problems associated with OCD related behaviors.  Studies have shown that children tend to report higher levels of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder related symptoms than their parents. Children especially report symptoms of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, especially mental symptoms such as obsessive thinking, and compulsive tendencies.  This test is a valuable aide both in confirming and ruling out the presence of obsessions and compulsions, and in understanding the child’s experience of his or her symptoms.  This evaluation is a useful tool in assessing many apparent disorders that children are currently suffering.

 

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