TY - JOUR
T1 - Case Examples of Enhancing Pediatric OCD Treatment with a Smartphone Application
AU - Whiteside, Stephen P.H.
AU - Ale, Chelsea M.
AU - Vickers Douglas, Kristin
AU - Tiede, Michael S.
AU - Dammann, Julie E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The development of Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach was supported by a CoDE Fund grant from the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation.
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - These case examples depict the use of a smartphone application, Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach, to enhance the treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The presented cases highlight the use of Anxiety Coach as a stand-alone intervention for mild OCD symptoms and as an adjunct to treatment for severe OCD complicated by geographical barriers. Each case includes a description of treatment, patient use of the application, objective assessment of clinical symptoms, and a qualitative interview with the families. Both patients responded well to treatment and had a positive experience with Anxiety Coach. The application encouraged the families to complete exposures between sessions and allowed a detailed examination of the patients' engagement in homework assignments. Potential uses of smartphone applications to address challenges facing treatment of, and research on, OCD are discussed.
AB - These case examples depict the use of a smartphone application, Mayo Clinic Anxiety Coach, to enhance the treatment of pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The presented cases highlight the use of Anxiety Coach as a stand-alone intervention for mild OCD symptoms and as an adjunct to treatment for severe OCD complicated by geographical barriers. Each case includes a description of treatment, patient use of the application, objective assessment of clinical symptoms, and a qualitative interview with the families. Both patients responded well to treatment and had a positive experience with Anxiety Coach. The application encouraged the families to complete exposures between sessions and allowed a detailed examination of the patients' engagement in homework assignments. Potential uses of smartphone applications to address challenges facing treatment of, and research on, OCD are discussed.
KW - child and adolescent
KW - exposure/response prevention
KW - information and communication technology
KW - obsessive-compulsive disorder
KW - smartphone applications
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U2 - 10.1177/1534650113504822
DO - 10.1177/1534650113504822
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84891691618
SN - 1534-6501
VL - 13
SP - 80
EP - 94
JO - Clinical Case Studies
JF - Clinical Case Studies
IS - 1
ER -