Re: Ask dr stewart - REPLY to krispesola

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There's a scale called the children's yale-brown obsessive-compulsive scale that

can be given by clinicians--- all of the SSRI's appear to work equally well for

children with ocd--- those would be the best ones to start with as they have the

best evidence...

Sincerely,

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> Just wondering if there is a certain medication prescribed more often to

younger children with OCD. My daughter just turned 7 and we are considering

medication so just trying to understand all the different ones out there for

young children. Also what is the main indicator in OCD that makes a parent

decide medication. Is there a scale that measure the severity of OCD. I'm not

sure what to compare her OCD to that would make it severe enough for medication

if that makes any sense.

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