This is a summary of an article by the american journal of psychotherapy about children with obsessive compulsive disorder. APA Format.

Barrett, Paula, Healy B., Lara, & March, John S. (2003). Behavioral avoidance test for childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder : a home - based observation. American Journal of Psychotherapy 57 (1). 80 - 100. Purpose of the article : In this article the author studied a treatment for obsessive - compulsive disorder in children. The childhood disorder is much more common than what had been previously believed. The impact of this condition is linked to deteriorating school performance and poor peer relations. Childhood OCD …

…the Bat administered at home was an advantage because the children are more likely to engage in compulsive behavior at home and not in a clinic setting. I agreed in the way that the BAT was administered following a standardized protocol that would easily and individually tailor to the specific OCD symptom of each child. What I did not like about this study was that the groups of children had a very wide age range.