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Paediatric/adolescent OCD

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First-line for paediatric OCD is CBT with exposure-and-response prevention. If CBT fails or is unavailable, an SSRI (fluoxetine or sertraline) is first-line pharmacotherapy; fluoxetine is approved in adolescents. SNRIs/clomipramine are later-line.

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