Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 234-240 , May 2006

A quick and reliable screening measure for OCD in youth: reliability and validity of the obsessive compulsive scale of the Child Behavior Checklist

  • Daniel A. Geller

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Pediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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  • Robert Doyle

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • David Shaw

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Benjamin Mullin

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Barbara Coffey

      Affiliations

    • Child Study Center, Department of Psychiatry, New York University, New York City, NY 10016, USA
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  • Carter Petty

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Fe Vivas

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Joseph Biederman

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA

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PII: S0010-440X(05)00104-5

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.08.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 234-240 , May 2006

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