Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder: a historical overview -- Obsessive compulsive disorder in children and adolescents: diagnosis, comorbidity, and developmental factors -- Obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders -- Assessment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Psychological theories of obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Neurobiology, neuropsychology, and neuroimaging of child and adolescent obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections -- Genetics of obsessive-compulsive disorder: evidence from pediatric and adult studies --

Cognitive-behavioral treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Psychopharmacology of pediatric obsessive compulsive disorder -- Clinical challenges in the treatment of pediatric OCD -- Family based treatment of early onset obsessive-compulsive disorder -- The function of the family in childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder: family interactions and accommodation -- School issues in children with obsessive compulsive disorder -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder the primary care setting.