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Ask the parents what treatment they prefer for child's OCD; chances are it's behavioral, not pharmaceutical
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30010
Subject(s) - ask price , citation , alliance , psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , computer science , world wide web , law , political science , economy , economics
Patients are more likely to have positive outcomes if they have good expectations of the treatment they are getting — this is true for parents' expectations for their children as well. It's important to take patient preferences and values into consideration in general, because the acceptability of treatment is associated with improved adherence, outcomes, and alliance, researchers note. In the case of children, the parents are the ones who decide upon treatment, so their beliefs must be taken into account, they write.