Table 1 Five cases of early childhood OCD
Name | Age | Sex | CY-BOCS first session | CGI-S first session | Clinical presentation of compulsions | Comorbidities | Family History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient 1 | 4 | f | 15 | 3 | Repetitive behaviour, symmetry, hoarding, tydying | Separation anxiety | Mother social anxious child |
Patient 2 | 4 | m | 15 | 3 | Counting steps, pronouncing certain phrases, fare-well ritual, repeating or winding back of situations | Lisping | Parents report no psychopathology |
Patient 3 | 4 | m | 15 | 3 | Repeating or winding back of situations, winding back time | Stuttering | Mother anxious, grandmother f.s. severe OCD |
Patient 4 | 5 | f | 15 | 3 | Just-Right-compulsions with clothings and shoes, excessive cleaning and drying rituals after urinating, tydying, symmetry | Separation anxiety | Parents report no psychopathology, grandmother m.s. light OCD |
Patient 5 | 4 | f | 20 | 3 | Just-Right-compulsions with clothings and shoes, excessive cleaning and drying rituals after urinating, tydying, symmetry | Separation anxiety, Astrocytoma | Mother social anxious child |